freeaudioeditor.exe

Free Audio Editor 1.0.7.1215

DVDVideoSoft Ltd.

The application freeaudioeditor.exe, “Free Audio Editor 1.0.7.1215 Setup ” by DVDVideoSoft has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer 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 web-downloads.dvdvideosoft.com.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by DVDVideoSoft Ltd.)

Product:
Free Audio Editor 1.0.7.1215

Description:
Free Audio Editor 1.0.7.1215 Setup

Version:
1.0.7.1215

MD5:
e95469dfc1f8ca7362331aff09252408

SHA-1:
a62980fa4f6ad8b40a9ff7c1b0dba978adc51d47

SHA-256:
a9f3e117830f7069587daf47489147f3fe6f5b2246c6a9ac508360c309218276

Scanner detections:
2 / 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:
11/23/2024 9:28:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
9.10946

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.12.2.13

File size:
3.4 MB (3,525,136 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.7.1215

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/24/2013 4:43:53 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 4:43:53 PM

Subject:
E=question@dvdvideosoft.com, CN=DVDVideoSoft Ltd., O=DVDVideoSoft Ltd., S=Dominica, C=DM

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11212661F5B10172D0E730C0D1F1213115FF

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

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:9lXZAeck7GiGOihWyHNKhH6c6ZyatrgVVjYryL3yPdSiSifIsl93Ki2Sy1xZ:XXwFtHNUH63UatrghyP9vfBLPy1xZ

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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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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