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freesoundrecorder.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freesoundrecorder.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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.sound-recorder.biz and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f5fe9e9b4d02f40aa07f0c63a9396325

SHA-1:
0aae53c82abb33d327c0d30d7dd63437ee915fb5

SHA-256:
4292144a42352757e058a943099c5c1847b49fe43ffcc135c51fcd28446b9880

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/16/2024 3:59:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.174.222

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14126

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
8.10469

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

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of freedriverbackup.exe
2014.12.6.7

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13504

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.12.06.02

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20140924

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.R
14.9.24.10

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:
Turkish (Turkey)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\freesoundrecorder.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 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VctFahrUYradv4aHwD5rVdh/KZRWbki7l64WZ+6TvplJa6zYXg1:VctFQrNrL8cVbyXCkeNUbpltzYXg1

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.sound-recorder.biz/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://www3-ru.softsalad.com/.../2215016ca9cbb1372be9dc8da794f78c

http://www.tamindir.com/indir/MjAxNC0wOS0yMiAxNjozMDozOQ==/free-sound-recorder/.../10.0.2

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-154-229-88.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.154.229.88:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-30-226-196.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.30.226.196:80)

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