PC Tech Hotline

PC Tech Hotline

Known Malware

by Crawler, LLC

What is PC Tech Hotline?

PC Tech Hotline is software application developed by Crawler, LLC. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 7 with nearly 49.77% of installations running this operating system. PC Tech Hotline's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 9 files.

PC Tech Hotline is most popular in the United States with 93.62% of installations residing in this country.

PC Tech Hotline adds 1 scheduled task to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Multiple virus scanners have detected malware in PC Tech Hotline.

PCTechHotlineSvc.exe (MD5: f6b73c5efec3d07fce8554362c977cdc) has been flagged by 9 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.CrawBar
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Crawler.BB
Dr.Web Program.Unwanted.45
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/CrawBar
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrawBar.c
McAfee Artemis!F6B73C5EFEC3
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.jh
Symantec PUA.Gen.2
TrendMicro-HouseCall Suspicious_GEN.F47V1029
PCTechHotline.exe (MD5: a63d7a365df7bafc54db0df889874fa2) has been flagged by 11 scanners:
Scanner Software Result
Antiy-AVL RiskWare[WebToolbar:not-a-virus]/Win32.CrawBar
Baidu-International Adware.Win32.Crawler.BB
CMC Antivirus Packed.Win32.Obfuscated.10!O
Dr.Web Program.Unwanted.45
Fortinet FortiGate Riskware/CrawBar
Kaspersky not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.CrawBar
McAfee Artemis!A63D7A365DF7
McAfee-GW-Edition BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.tc
Symantec PUA.Gen
Trend Micro TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJR14
TrendMicro-HouseCall TROJ_GEN.R0C1C0OJR14

Software Behaviors

Services:
  • PCTechHotlineSvc.exe runs as a service named 'PCTechHotlineService' (PCTechHotlineSvc).
Scheduled tasks:
  • PCTechHotline.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{7CF6A367-1794-4F07-A0E7-34A03246BB37}' (runs on registration).

Software Details

URL:
https://www.pctechhotline.com
Support:
Installation path:
C:\Program Files\PCTechHotline\
Uninstaller:
"C:\Program Files\PCTechHotline\unins000.exe"
Size:
4.00 MB
Language:
English

PC Tech Hotline Executable Details

Primary executable:
PCTechHotline.exe
Name:
PC Tech Hotline
Path:
C:\Program Files\PCTechHotline\PCTechHotline.exe
MD5:
a63d7a365df7bafc54db0df889874fa2
SHA-1:
SHA-256:
Files installed by PC Tech Hotline
File Type Filename MD5
EXE
c7a668e05eec000bf94dc7ddecfcc0ca
EXE
26e63755df5ff42f8c0cbbdeb83b7875
DLL
a9fd93c0e5295d58da651fa5756b3b5d
EXE
907c1b4d1c17586df4471338b34331e5
DLL
df77c7b583dd6ac3de83ab23d3e7962d
DLL
f4f20029b52ab9c15ab40f97a8bf3b39
DLL
10899179d3fe09548ca905a07478d64a
EXE
f6b73c5efec3d07fce8554362c977cdc
EXE
a63d7a365df7bafc54db0df889874fa2