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freevideoconverter_cb-dl-manager.exe

COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH

The application freevideoconverter_cb-dl-manager.exe by COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3.computerbild.de.
Publisher:
COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc91058f532b4e3615525a9d82eb0116

SHA-1:
e4f03ee94adc68cd8f288083a9e8054166d6899c

SHA-256:
9fb5a2a65c32745b0ff9dc5b4070391b2b72e86af8adf1bea11dec39b80fb368

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
1/12/2025 5:10:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus (M)
16.7.31.12

File size:
584.1 KB (598,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/19/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/19/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH, OU=IT, O=COMPUTER BILD Digital GmbH, L=Hamburg, S=Hamburg, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4A46583ED0B1E421CA13839352030EF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/30/2016 12:01:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2eFsJ5cIZ0O82zjzwJP1caTDMI2ebhhf9dPo3n0gaY+CPt:2euclNP/DMIpf7Po3n0J8Pt

Entry address:
0x14EAC

Entry point:
E8, A4, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 90, 25, 46, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, D0, 21, 46, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 98, 62, 48, 00, 89, 0D, 94, 62, 48, 00, 89, 15, 90, 62, 48, 00, 89, 1D, 8C, 62, 48, 00, 89, 35, 88, 62, 48, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
387.5 KB (396,800 bytes)

The file freevideoconverter_cb-dl-manager.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d3.computerbild.de/downloadguides/.../FreeVideoConverter_CB-DL-Manager.exe

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