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Free OCR to Word

FreeOCRtoWord, Inc.

The application freeocrtoword.exe, “Free OCR to Word Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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.
Publisher:
FreeOCRtoWord, Inc.

Product:
Free OCR to Word

Description:
Free OCR to Word Setup

MD5:
2a8dd3a0acdb0029293b8e0e75f7aee2

SHA-1:
cdb9e8e7c6c1b9b8871f61bf071721b260e05404

SHA-256:
a3058da92a028e3007a9da4466dc935192da59d03bcf159489a5aa6122e20700

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
12/29/2024 2:50:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.3184

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11251

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.12.3.7

File size:
6.8 MB (7,180,542 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 6:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:hFj2AUoAjTf20HbhHnVeuL6AuWKnzSmALJZJub:rj22xyJVudWKnt8ZJA

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9987

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file freeocrtoword.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.ocrtoword.com/FreeOCRtoWord.exe

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