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pinnacledu.exe

Pinnacle Driver Updater

PINNACLE PC PERFORMANCE

The application pinnacledu.exe by PINNACLE PC PERFORMANCE has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn-68-142-79-69.lax.llnw.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Pinnacle  (signed by PINNACLE PC PERFORMANCE)

Product:
Pinnacle Driver Updater

Version:
1.0.0.20462

MD5:
2c084c1c86c8dc99b4d2cb87d8c9ebab

SHA-1:
473260b45e6eb152d38d668b8109ba4d101519e4

SHA-256:
6fbfafdc682919598958e451b00fd49f12604f5fdb166e2ce7ad7c0107bf8483

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 2:16:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PinnaclePC (L)
17.2.9.1

File size:
2.8 MB (2,917,048 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.20462

Copyright:
Copyright © pinnacle.com 2016

Original file name:
pinnacledu.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\pinnacle driver updater\pinnacledu.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PINNACLE PC PERFORMANCE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/11/2016 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/12/2017 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PINNACLE PC PERFORMANCE, O=PINNACLE PC PERFORMANCE, STREET="3/213, MALVIYA NAGAR", L=JAIPUR, S=RAJASTHAN, PostalCode=302017, C=IN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7CEF168964752C1E68D97BF85A472D67

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/6/2017 3:25:08 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

Entry address:
0x296AB6

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6375

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
2.6 MB (2,706,432 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
Pinnacle Driver Updater_Logon

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 67-219-146-17  (67.219.146.170:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn-68-142-79-70.lax.llnw.net  (68.142.79.70:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn-68-142-79-69.lax.llnw.net  (68.142.79.69:80)

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