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Free DVD Video Converter

Digital Wave Ltd

The application freedvdvideoconverter.exe, “Free DVD Video Converter Setup ” by Digital Wave has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 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 dld.dvdvideosoft.net.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by Digital Wave Ltd)

Product:
Free DVD Video Converter

Description:
Free DVD Video Converter Setup

Version:
2.0.38.119

MD5:
00d0167583e49b688d9b2cc811af222d

SHA-1:
04fcf145c48c84b4a16ffd873c2404854ebf1e87

SHA-256:
1581cb8e4dce7b136e77d28e072315612dedb49ec870061039e95682f4ecc437

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
11/27/2024 1:41:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2835

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe (variant)
10.12636

G Data
Win32.Application.Dealply
16.2.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OpenCandy
t3scan.1.9.5.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalWave.Bundler.Installer.Meta (L)
16.2.12.14

File size:
27.7 MB (29,019,352 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.38.119

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\freedvdvideoconverter.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):
786432:+TasoKMA3ZY4yCD00MWOTxt1NObq6Rf1NOOzMu9i:IVGAeBy5FCUbrRf7jYOi

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 freedvdvideoconverter.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dld.dvdvideosoft.net/.../FreeDVDVideoConverter.exe

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