doubletwistsetupfull.exe

doubleTwist Corporation

The application doubletwistsetupfull.exe by doubleTwist has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. 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 download.doubletwist.com.
Publisher:
doubleTwist Corporation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
59ce5c0aace18c4e13c0684ae5a2df5b

SHA-1:
8bbc07c95037accdff4c220262001be9cbbae709

SHA-256:
9dad7f39ab695bb80428963f31aee235c780e228f8f97e22af5bec521632e3ce

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/14/2024 3:15:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11329

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
15.3.25

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.03.17.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.doubleTwistCorporation
15.3.17.9

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0204
7.2.76

File size:
21 MB (22,062,232 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/29/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/29/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=doubleTwist Corporation, O=doubleTwist Corporation, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5083313E60A850E615C59B6E93B64109

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 1:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:11Rw/rR7UiULqnwu2bujaDO6sRJULFCSYN2THyFH674BvDcJ5zsd4a1JJewJ:7GrOL24wwzYcryFH674tDcvY2a1JQwJ

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9999

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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

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