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freeaudioeditor.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeaudioeditor.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from free-audio-editor.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7c25742b38fadcf6ef0e6fa35a09c5e1

SHA-1:
4aa2ef897b9f6c32685ad72f86eff5db433dc0b2

SHA-256:
3dbce2bea00804f4752adc8ec9fe5110d17486d4dd1d8bd9b1d8be47649a0701

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 2:20:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.175.114

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19655

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
8.10482

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/16/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13521

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.10.16.08

McAfee
Artemis!7C25742B38FA
5600.6975

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20141016

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.f22
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.P
14.10.16.20

Sophos
Generic PUA EK
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
33526

File size:
666 KB (681,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\freeaudioeditor.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 4:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:wctFahrUYradv4aHwD5rVdh/KZRWbki7l64WZ+6TvplJa6zYXg1:wctFQrNrL8cVbyXCkeNUbpltzYXg1

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8878

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file freeaudioeditor.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://free-audio-editor.com/package/.../FreeAudioEditor.php

http://www.free-audio-editor.com/FreeAudioEditor.exe

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