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audacityinstaller.exe

Wecan Software

This is the Verti bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application audacityinstaller.exe by Wecan Software has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Verti Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from inst.download-sw.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Wecan Software  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.0.0.3

MD5:
98dfdda8b3f415cc196a59e9e42cd4b0

SHA-1:
e132b7bfdbae7f4834e5413f59b1e08399a57ff7

SHA-256:
a728aa7ba15f89498a00badceae60d1854ebfb0630a1b27b1ed9798927755819

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 5:31:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Rollnon
2015.0.3344

ESET NOD32
Win32/Verti (variant)
8.10389

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of bigfarm.exe (Adware)
2014.10.7.15

McAfee
Artemis!79DA512AD361
5600.7000

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WecanSoftware.R
14.9.26.13

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0906
7.2.220

VIPRE Antivirus
Rocketfuel Installer
31954

File size:
234.7 KB (240,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Verti Setup

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\audacityinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Wecan Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/23/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Wecan Software, O=Wecan Software, L=Bellevue, S=Washington, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1FD8A9E8CBFDDB2724A69194C505EF77

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/31/2014 9:09:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:WoupBAM+B58yaU+7BS2GCk+K5z+UDIQR69uoSrrhUlee:aFc58yaU+7BSDCk+K5JDakoSnhUlee

Entry address:
0x14FC50

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 51, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, EE, FF, 57, 89, E5, 8D, 9C, 24, 80, C1, FF, FF, 31, C0, 50, 39, DC, 75, FB, 46, 46, 53, 68, 73, D1, 14, 00, 57, 83, C3, 04, 53, 68, 4B, 2C, 03, 00, 56, 83, C3, 04, 53, 50, C7, 03, 03, 00, 02, 00, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 55, 57, 56, 53, 83, EC, 7C, 8B, 94, 24, 90, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, C6, 44, 24, 73, 00, 8B, AC, 24, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8D, 42, 04, 89, 44, 24, 78, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 4A, 02, 89, C3, D3, E3, 89, D9, 49, 89, 4C, 24, 6C, 0F, B6, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
7.8991  (probably packed)

Code size:
208 KB (212,992 bytes)

The file audacityinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 10 URLs.

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14557/1034/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14636/1164/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14524/1164/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14557/1034/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14524/1164/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14524/1164/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14524/1034/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14557/1034/.../

http://inst.download-sw.net/dl/92/14636/1164/.../

http://i.download-sw.net/stub/WECAN/.../AudacityInstaller.exe

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