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freemp4videoconverter.exe

Free MP4 Video Converter

Digital Wave Ltd

The application freemp4videoconverter.exe, “Free MP4 Video Converter Setup ” by Digital Wave has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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 MP4 Video Converter

Description:
Free MP4 Video Converter Setup

Version:
5.0.69.1127

MD5:
e6cf14ec9f8c7dcda336801c0e5ee1a4

SHA-1:
23f8c74290d1276d136f8fa262061b93d3830dbd

SHA-256:
84a0705e68bd3ee8607c0bab7e17824d1094aa3fcab7e96f40479e853d930aa9

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
12/23/2024 10:39:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Evo-gen [Susp]
2014.9-151128

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2911

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.576
9.0.1.0332

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12637

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
11/28/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
15.11.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.OpenCandy
t3scan.1.9.5.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.11.28.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
23.00.65.151126

File size:
23.6 MB (24,724,424 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.69.1127

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\freemp4videoconverter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Wave Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/22/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/22/2017 5:59:59 PM

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 8:24:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:brw577j5McHwsA446ck2kJP1e4aFSS4/CxX/I2abpkVGMpAFwZy90rzrHH0CSqC:/wh7j5McQsd45krS75464mGMeFb+LHU7

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:
7.9996

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file freemp4videoconverter.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../FreeMP4VideoConverter5.0.69.1127.exe

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/14/48/92/.../FreeMP4VideoConverter.exe

http://off.dvdvideosoft.net/.../FreeMP4VideoConverter.exe

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