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Free Audio Converter

Digital Wave Ltd

The application freeaudioconverter.exe, “Free Audio Converter Setup ” by Digital Wave has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. 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.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by Digital Wave Ltd)

Product:
Free Audio Converter

Description:
Free Audio Converter Setup

Version:
5.0.61.805

MD5:
9702bb313602b1a30f8d08db36218d01

SHA-1:
ae31c894711ec628b5d9abffcf1d5d151deb89b1

SHA-256:
bc4f6b35c9d47d2e0f8d593d291b1f89a5fd88dd440b98b07b13c6a7f305fcee

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/5/2024 11:37:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.OpenCandy
4.0.3.15918

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.576
9.0.1.0221

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12068

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
8/9/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
15.8.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of freevideotomp3converter.exe
2015.9.18.18

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.FusionCore
t3scan.1.9.5.0

McAfee
Artemis!C0A66510319A
5600.6678

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.8.9.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
23.00.65.15807

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0507
7.2.221

File size:
29.4 MB (30,800,032 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.61.805

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Wave Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/23/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/22/2017 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Wave Ltd, O=Digital Wave Ltd, L=London, S=London, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
1825ED6422D189492317AAD87B5382C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2013 9:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:XfPkrDPozAa8x4+MmdUD3kRxrLSWdJNPOiyP3e3no:g0Ma8x4+hdU7KS6Jll3o

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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Entropy:
7.9997

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file freeaudioconverter.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

&onid=2140&oid=3001-2140_4-10893961&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&topicguid=mp3audio/rippers-encoders&topicbrcrm=&pid=14441578&mfgid=6290628&merid=6290628&ctype=dm&cval=SPIGOTWIN&devicetype=desktop&pguid=6be374f1456944e8a91378ec&viewguid=XDEgEarav4gXZYPeLpLj6efu4dM0Bm@wBuAS&destUrl=http://off.dvdvideosoft.net/.../FreeAudioConverter.exe

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../FreeAudioConverter5.0.61.805.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/14/44/51/.../FreeAudioConverter.exe

http://off.dvdvideosoft.net/.../FreeAudioConverter.exe

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