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freedvdvideoconverter.exe

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 2 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application 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 dl.cdn.chip.de and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by Digital Wave Ltd)

Product:
Free DVD Video Converter

Description:
Free DVD Video Converter Setup

Version:
2.0.28.913

MD5:
2b777ab974e53f261f9bc115d8672f54

SHA-1:
5adf27d592795b234bb725180d46fbc1cbed0a25

SHA-256:
969b202b1ef2ef34b0e07e284fa36b7415434e1f8b6823fe1ddb22342885af5b

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:
11/26/2024 10:16:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12258

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.9.16.13

File size:
32.3 MB (33,863,824 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.28.913

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Wave Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/23/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/23/2017 7:59:59 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 9:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:Uw9AF36Bsm7FoLbStYzjNkawZXioWBfQcePcHvyk9:x9AEBsTcYMUFIEJ9

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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Entropy:
7.9998

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 3 URLs.

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../FreeDVDVideoConverter_2.0.28.913.exe

http://dvdvideosoft.com/.../FreeDVDVideoConverter.exe

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

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