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CDex-1.81-win32.exe

CDex

Georgy Berdyshev

The application CDex-1.81-win32.exe, “CDex - Digital Audio CD Extractor and Converter” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. It uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from mirror.cdex.mu.
Publisher:
Georgy Berdyshev

Product:
CDex

Description:
CDex - Digital Audio CD Extractor and Converter

Version:
1.81.0.2016

MD5:
99b65f93dc1fdc36373d02175125791d

SHA-1:
d54b15e73c36041d45fd7d8f6164cea9ea8a8b95

SHA-256:
77397fd88cf47dcd6d0e6c4dcb7e660cbeef6cd1a79a25d327629a5cd6bbb3bb

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:23:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Detection.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.OpenCandy (M)
16.11.11.10

File size:
2.7 MB (2,802,090 bytes)

Product version:
1.81.0.2016

Copyright:
© Georgy Berdyshev

Original file name:
CDex-1.81-win32.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cdex-1.81-win32.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/3/2016 11:18:56 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ClTFgtLkfAO/tPvmwM7Qt60VMYigoJWPEfjVSFJPFzdYhOUtmVM2RhGlxW:CYa/t3IJo/xQOUtWMaEPW

Entry address:
0x33B6

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 5F, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, A2, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 66, 3D, 06, 00, 74, 11, 53, E8, 67, 31, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, BE, B8, 82, 40, 00, 56, E8, E1, 30, 00, 00, 56, FF, 15, 5C, 81, 40, 00, 8D, 74, 06, 01, 80, 3E, 00, 75, EA, 55, 6A, 09, E8, 39, 31, 00, 00, 6A, 07, E8, 32, 31, 00, 00, A3, 44, A2, 42, 00, FF, 15, 3C, 80, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, A4, 82...
 
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Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file CDex-1.81-win32.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mirror.cdex.mu/CDex-1.81-win32.exe

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