camstudio.exe

CamStudio

Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application camstudio.exe by Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.camstudiodelivery.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
%VENDOR%  (signed by Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd))

Product:
CamStudio

Version:
2.0.5.a0.1_38795

MD5:
3bf77af335a23acf4c4b13cde474dace

SHA-1:
8add3466bcef8dc474fd74f14551f03e5e9f9326

SHA-256:
5fd969d2957cb7de6c29f04193e22ce7fa711d8b85be39a64c868f58da571564

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
1/4/2025 2:13:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.Gen4
3.6.1.96

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3134

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.49
9.0.1.0109

McAfee
Artemis!3BF77AF335A2
5600.6790

Panda Antivirus
PUP/SystemSpeedup
15.04.19.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.548
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.InstallCore
15.4.19.12

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0416
7.2.109

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
39484

File size:
955.8 KB (978,760 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.5.a0.1_38795

Copyright:
%VENDOR%

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/6/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd), O=Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd), STREET=28 Lilienblum St., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6513307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
00B5DEF5C3088901F4214C78F98CA66045

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kRa3sECG3CklLT80PP1xNJWospqvIF2NWuivygRs74:kY3VCklr1rJMwvIBnT

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9320

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file camstudio.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 18 URLs.

http://cdn.camstudiodelivery.com/c?x=RTl09mn3c1MX4MmrRUheQAauRAihSVDucNL5p39/Ymk=&c=CaiwBR2PTND74VkG1 u52QBLv9ARrmcX01fO8U/fwag8FHfu/XS/cS8eyPIJ56aJJDxAkOrY/KdP2ptnd3c8AQ==&downloadAs=camstudio.exe&fallback_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../CamStudioSetup.exe

http://cdn.camstudiodelivery.com/c?x=umKP745iUeXR1kQ8 76q08bG8gCeD1BI/TYIULXbUg0=&c=BpnWK437r/3lvxLAM gJE17eTK7R1mN7Mim/i33goUQfypnmAaagQogRi7oetIgTjrzZMo9/cwbdZMkb6vTsHw==&downloadAs=camstudio.exe&fallback_url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/.../CamStudioSetup.exe

http://cdn.camstudiodelivery.com/c?x=9pA1xSmPnrkhizZS/TSCLSH9whoi4djxxgaXmAzGylY=&c=U2uHhK2ThygXyVylX01xI4m6lXTfY1gFnAH80Lsy3b/Ce5Bo55PeNZsdEvlixn08u5vdE0ZsQB9dVZtMtfZX1A==&downloadAs=camstudio.exe&fallback_url=http://www.camstudio.org

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