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freesoundrecorder.exe

Free Sound Recorder

Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd

The software installer may bundle adware as well as other potentially unwanted software using a download manager/installer from ClientConnect or OpenCandy. The application freesoundrecorder.exe, “Free Sound Recorder Setup ” by Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co. has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. 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:
Copyright© 2005-2014 FreeSoundRecorder Technologies, Inc.   (signed by Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd)

Product:
Free Sound Recorder

Description:
Free Sound Recorder Setup

MD5:
42eefde72c7cc49c957042c4f557a87a

SHA-1:
0f269485213e644f477a0969e66f4debe22846c0

SHA-256:
ad37e6ac1dd0bf85876c6c6bcfda352c677cc0aea2e129b9b9859afc4cab76f2

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:
11/16/2024 12:54:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.9817

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.TsingsoftImaginationInformationTechnologyCo.Installer.Meta (L)
16.3.1.1

File size:
10.7 MB (11,228,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
9/21/2011 1:12:19 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 1:12:19 AM

Subject:
CN="Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd", O="Tsingsoft Imagination Information Technology Co., Ltd", L=北京, S=北京, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11211887AD441BA7E15E9131AAA0DEF9248A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:BPggaWgXgO+4pgqlDsFBooULRftP3DWmOdOG3ZnTOrya2OLxC/ikxMI5:t0lF+okILRtP3ahrcyaui8

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:
7.9996

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file freesoundrecorder.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

&onid=2170&oid=3001-2170_4-10698910&rsid=cbsidownloadcomsite&sl=en&sc=us&pdguid=download:13720843&topicguid=mp3audio/audio&topicbrcrm=windows software&pid=13720843&mfgid=6294926&merid=6294926&ctype=dm&cval=NONE&devicetype=desktop&pguid=68f9115ef91e38d4d6ddb9d9&viewguid=POxunKzmLq3Y6lx8T8hESyrLZefgSilX3scU&destUrl=http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/72/08/.../FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/72/08/.../FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../FreeSoundRecorder_9.7.6.exe

http://www.coolrecordedit.com/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://www.freeaudiovideosoft.com/.../FreeSoundRecorder.exe

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