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Free Audio Editor 2015

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeaudioeditor.exe, “Free Audio Editor 2015 Setup ” by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 cdn.amazingfolderscenter.com.
Publisher:
Copyright© 2005-2015 FAEMedia, Inc.   (signed by TechEvolve GMBH)

Product:
Free Audio Editor 2015

Description:
Free Audio Editor 2015 Setup

MD5:
fdc6a7ddd3e23a476f112e4182a70ea3

SHA-1:
344f5e8e698ab3ce616a8848012e62e75066c1be

SHA-256:
ff952a25f9cb09449a7f7e9c277c05b9366580b3096f2ebe280dbb0b464394ac

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
11/15/2024 11:38:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.280
9.0.1.089

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11289

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
7/4/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 6c17bd0624eb20218810fdddf425d147b9309551c23f208c7c4b16bded2c0b2d
2015.7.4.7

McAfee
Artemis!5CF2169E6DD0
5600.6715

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20150330

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer
15.3.30.7

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
38818

File size:
15.4 MB (16,104,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:N0lF+okILR2G+pjkuOUdR3oSYFnnyOPd+uL:NWFxkILR2GWjkuOCR3oSYFn1d+I

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9998

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://cdn.amazingfolderscenter.com/c?x=gxFNJgN2kiB6JtQ7CBVsELSs2ya/MZ1vujGS42VcM78=&c=/9ZFHA6i37fugRnMrDPGoobd4UhYFpKOKKAziGuht8aIfRLQf6SC91zinCkcMGzzqGFrpl9AH4FS1BZN7TjvRQ==&downloadAs=FreeAudioEditor.exe&fallback_url=http://www.free-audio-editor.com/.../FreeAudioEditor_IS.exe

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