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PaceItApp

Posted: March 11, 2015

Threat Metric

Threat Level: 2/10
Infected PCs: 9,767
First Seen: December 30, 2014
Last Seen: January 6, 2024
OS(es) Affected: Windows

PaceItApp is another Potentially Unwanted Program (PUP) that claims to offer essential features for its clients. PaceItApp pretends to be an easy-to-use desktop application for measuring the speed of your Internet connection. PaceItApp also provides users with 'Save a Caption' feature in case you need to show the results to your Internet provider. However, computer security researchers have discovered that PaceItApp is not as useful as advertised. Users need to be attentive when installing free applications because PaceItApp may be bundled with them. In addition, PaceItApp may cause your browser to display plenty of annoying advertisements that may also redirect you to unreliable websites.

Technical Details

File System Modifications

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The following files were created in the system:



%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver9PaceItUp\R7PaceItUpa75.exe File name: R7PaceItUpa75.exe
Size: 515.07 KB (515072 bytes)
MD5: 4d96ce6c8eebe1872a05dfcd922d607a
Detection count: 6,202
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\ver9PaceItUp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 31, 2015
%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\version91PaceItUp\PaceItUp.exe File name: PaceItUp.exe
Size: 746.49 KB (746496 bytes)
MD5: b58a28174c130921ceab31d015c3eb3c
Detection count: 42
File type: Executable File
Mime Type: unknown/exe
Path: %PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\version91PaceItUp
Group: Malware file
Last Updated: March 26, 2016

More files

Registry Modifications

The following newly produced Registry Values are:

Regexp file mask%windir%\System32\Tasks\PaceitUp Update[RANDOM CHARACTERS]%windir%\Tasks\PaceitUp Update[RANDOM CHARACTERS]HKEY..\..\..\..{RegistryKeys}SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\PaceitUp Update.jobSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\CompatibilityAdapter\Signatures\PaceitUp Update.job.fpSOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Schedule\TaskCache\Tree\PaceitUp Update

Additional Information

The following directories were created:
%PROGRAMFILES%\PaceitUp%PROGRAMFILES(x86)%\PaceitUp
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