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FreeAudioConverterBase_CB-DL-Manager.exe

COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH

The application FreeAudioConverterBase_CB-DL-Manager.exe by COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3.computerbild.de.
Publisher:
COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6220d7acacf3fc81106c6826bc174819

SHA-1:
fcda2072e4bcb2d47ed8853da11ec0bf8ca806ee

SHA-256:
1016147e1c1824ac3e87892e65ffc582a9bd27a78e424391fc8b5600451e99a0

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:38:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus (M)
16.8.5.1

File size:
555.1 KB (568,424 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\freeaudioconverterbase_cb-dl-manager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/19/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/19/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH, OU=IT, O=COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4A46583ED0B1E421CA13839352030EF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/2/2016 12:01:33 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Q/95cyyusUtQj3RIPbh7hE7EqU/yAzBhI5uxtub59R:0yq2RZ77UqAzY04

Entry address:
0x13C9C

Entry point:
E8, D4, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 68, C5, 45, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, A4, C1, 45, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, B8, 02, 48, 00, 89, 0D, B4, 02, 48, 00, 89, 15, B0, 02, 48, 00, 89, 1D, AC, 02, 48, 00, 89, 35, A8, 02, 48, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
360.5 KB (369,152 bytes)

The file FreeAudioConverterBase_CB-DL-Manager.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d3.computerbild.de/downloadguides/.../FreeAudioConverterBase_CB-DL-Manager.exe

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