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Free Audio Editor

Digital Wave Ltd

The application freeaudioeditor.exe, “Free Audio Editor Setup ” by Digital Wave has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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 off.dvdvideosoft.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by Digital Wave Ltd)

Product:
Free Audio Editor

Description:
Free Audio Editor Setup

Version:
1.0.12.913

MD5:
cbc7e84053f3a465a9d3a2b6ca39233c

SHA-1:
dff4726e3ec2cc789dfbc5485edf6a5a1f29b05a

SHA-256:
80748fcb679e471837d8b063a33dbac819a25e8e456af2774d29ce852dd23d86

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
11/2/2024 5:15:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.576
9.0.1.0258

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12250

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
9/15/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
15.9.25

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.9.15.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
23.00.65.15913

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0510
7.2.258

File size:
27.7 MB (29,007,456 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.12.913

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Wave Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/23/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/23/2017 12:59:59 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 3:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:2rw9AFniswNxiTpCDUWYB71s9Rl13+e4/Js0LwMMmova08F9zG/cM6rBG7gYCyg9:4w9AFrSOMdYPsP7z4/tYm4arBGASjSo+

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

http://off.dvdvideosoft.net/.../FreeAudioEditor.exe

http://sb.sftpps.ru/FreeAudioEditor_Rus_Setup.exe

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