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freesoundrecorder.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freesoundrecorder.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 12 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.freesoundrecorder.net.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
91571555aae99f3030102fd93232c8a4

SHA-1:
da13e31d7b914639dc0e6b4b28fbd927d79206d5

SHA-256:
fe757cb4bdd9578512d341e6c1b4166c38e109e85590fb9768459e191a9b04d6

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
12/28/2024 12:47:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.173.236

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14930

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19595

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PY (variant)
8.10452

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

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13451

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.09.30.12

McAfee
Artemis!91571555AAE9
5600.6992

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20140930

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.R
14.9.30.0

Sophos
Generic PUA NK
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
33360

File size:
666 KB (681,936 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:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 6:59:59 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 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ectFahrUYradv4aHwD5rVdh/KZRWbki7l64WZ+6TvplJa6zYXg1:ectFQrNrL8cVbyXCkeNUbpltzYXg1

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 freesoundrecorder.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.freesoundrecorder.net/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

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