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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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dld.dvdvideosoft.net.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by Digital Wave Ltd)

Product:
Free Audio Converter

Description:
Free Audio Converter Setup

Version:
5.0.73.119

MD5:
403a395dc310b49badf1d8a0182717bd

SHA-1:
fb8b7798f5816656ea70607956f659372a4d47a5

SHA-256:
aff11596779c37df9e9344c6d84546da9217f3d597ca05c4a2214e39cb55cfd3

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:
11/30/2024 7:55:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2836

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.OpenCandy
4.0.3.16212

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.576
9.0.1.043

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe (variant)
10.12711

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
2/12/2016

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OpenCandy
t3scan.1.9.5.0

McAfee
Artemis!6A14AC7A4650
5600.6492

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalWave.Bundler.Installer.Meta (L)
16.2.12.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
23.00.65.16210

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0507
7.2.43

File size:
24.9 MB (26,156,432 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.73.119

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 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/23/2017 6:59:59 AM

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:
7/16/2015 8:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:PTasoKMA3ZY4yCD00MWVA5NTKMkgYRYad:LVGAeBy5FCNTWgRad

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, 34, 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, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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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 URL.

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

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