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cpp-productkeyfinder.exe

Product Key Finder

davehope.co.uk

The application cpp-productkeyfinder.exe, “Product Key Finder Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer 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 davehope.co.uk.
Publisher:
davehope.co.uk

Product:
Product Key Finder

Description:
Product Key Finder Setup

MD5:
94f161c4a2adf2bc2a86bf57c019ecb6

SHA-1:
7305c4302dfe929875bd9499374775c7cae1e822

SHA-256:
19ce82556f45c32c4f7575cffa6e56e16e50ef1b134012a84c43dd71c39ab028

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/23/2024 1:54:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-141109

AVG
AdLoad.OpenCandy
2015.0.3296

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.39
9.0.1.0313

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.10692

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
11/9/2014

McAfee
Artemis!94F161C4A2AD
5600.6952

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V047
7.2.313

File size:
1.6 MB (1,672,444 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 davehope.co.uk

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cpp-productkeyfinder.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 9:58:13 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:DxtDNQWMZlS9EfvI6suGfeBmPxBtpgMijE7eJ1AcWJ88:1tpQWMHS9EsVgMp781A+8

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file cpp-productkeyfinder.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://davehope.co.uk/.../CPP-ProductKeyFinder.exe

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