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codec.exe

The application codec.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from down.pe-waxo.com.
MD5:
1c528ef5c02408a2c97233fb5dc8f043

SHA-1:
8fffe562bc71e75b201c088fa9d4d60cb0b62f3c

SHA-256:
ea9a687bbeea83214da3b76aab32d861b06919195e8621993ca37efa8298ee29

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 10:15:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/AgentCV.A.11775
3.6.1.96

avast!
Malware-gen
150319-0

AVG
Adware AdLoad.Q
2014.0.4311

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.50808
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
NSIS/TrojanDownloader.Adload
9.11437

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Adload.R!tr
4/7/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-d1dcd27f
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of b_setup.exe
2015.7.10.23

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Nsis.Downloader.dmtokw
0.30.10.952

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Downloader
9950

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R02ZC0PBO15
7.2.97

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R02ZC0PBO15
10.465.07

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
38950

File size:
133.3 KB (136,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 10:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:spgpHzb9dZVX9fHMvG0D3XJF4Romu/TIpn6g2UKyOcVf2bOJZaJX9TF3IfbmWyJ1:6gXdZt9P6D3XJF45JgVeINJ4fi3lEVE

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.3062

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file codec.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://down.pe-waxo.com/.../codec.exe

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