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freeocrtoword.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeocrtoword.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.ocrtoword.com.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
934c46970aa223f2fb78990bab9e6bb6

SHA-1:
e61cdf3e03433cc4d86b7f878d3d1be989a2ebfb

SHA-256:
efdfc996c4932174b25c4c77295773413a798f30a7bdaf88371c5892155cac3b

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 11:40:43 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.174.222

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14128

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19623

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
8.10469

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
9/27/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of freedriverbackup.exe
2014.12.8.21

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13504

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.09.27.04

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20140927

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.N
14.9.27.4

Sophos
Generic PUA HN
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
33442

File size:
666 KB (681,936 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\freeocrtoword.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ictFahrUYradv4aHwD5rVdh/KZRWbki7l64WZ+6TvplJa6zYXg1:ictFQrNrL8cVbyXCkeNUbpltzYXg1

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8878

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.ocrtoword.com/package/.../FreeOCRtoWord.php

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