freesoundrecorder.exe

Free Sound Recorder

TsingSoft Co., Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application freesoundrecorder.exe, “Free Sound Recorder Setup ” by TsingSoft Co. has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore 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© 2005-2015 FreeSoundRecorder Technologies, Inc.   (signed by TsingSoft Co., Ltd)

Product:
Free Sound Recorder

Description:
Free Sound Recorder Setup

MD5:
ce07287f9effe7d6e83708e0ad5ce22c

SHA-1:
689d32306ce301ed515e4738d16beffa3f05e0cc

SHA-256:
a9098999d1a87c184858bb8cb105f44446564015f756e7197981f8e085c23dd9

Scanner detections:
6 / 68

Status:
Adware

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).

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 10:55:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/InstallCore.IK
3.6.1.96

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3108

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11573

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
5/16/2015

McAfee
Artemis!CE07287F9EFF
5600.6764

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0430
7.2.136

File size:
11.1 MB (11,661,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
3/6/2015 12:22:21 PM

Valid to:
3/6/2018 12:22:21 PM

Subject:
CN="TsingSoft Co., Ltd", O="TsingSoft Co., Ltd", L=北京, S=北京, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112102633BC98CD80F1FA21A171757061D95

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):
196608:3PggaWgXgO+4pgqlDsFBooULRf4H0jA07Jsy4SOMqzpNjwqFgxcQqi3KT:/0lF+okILR4HHy4npVHAaT

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)

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