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little_registry_cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

Little Registry Cleaner

Nicholas Hamnett

The application little_registry_cleaner_07_07_2013.exe, “Open source registry cleaner” by Nicholas Hamnett has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from softlayer-dal.dl.sourceforge.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Little Apps  (signed by Nicholas Hamnett)

Product:
Little Registry Cleaner

Description:
Open source registry cleaner

Version:
1.6.0

MD5:
4b976ca344c88cd21fc8f2119a1080ff

SHA-1:
9630ff1809de1b6944d997f8ecd0447eb0f2aa9b

SHA-256:
bb6e18d67649bf721b687f4449bf200e3d8a44dee12bb462adf8ab466561022d

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
12/25/2024 12:28:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2015.0.3308

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.OpenCandy
4.0.3.141027

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.10623

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.10.27.07

McAfee
Artemis!4B976CA344C8
5600.6964

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.NicholasHamnett.c
14.10.27.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Opencandy
34260

File size:
5.6 MB (5,885,520 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright © Little Apps 2008

Trademarks:
Little Apps are licensed under the GNU General Public License v3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\little_registry_cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Nicholas Hamnett

Authority:
StartCom Ltd.

Valid from:
4/10/2014 11:07:27 PM

Valid to:
4/10/2016 3:06:36 AM

Subject:
E=nick@little-apps.org, CN=Nicholas Hamnett, L=Calgary, S=Alberta, C=CA, Description=9k6ekwkCO7QG1GnN

Issuer:
CN=StartCom Class 2 Primary Intermediate Object CA, OU=Secure Digital Certificate Signing, O=StartCom Ltd., C=IL

Serial number:
0E0C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 5:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:/quGFuLiWcwHwZgtYogKqAdBhDl0SkTuSPedX+d5aHjw340qRlUhWMy:/q/FGiF8wZgtYogVHSOneX+XacI3bUu

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9985

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file little_registry_cleaner_07_07_2013.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://softlayer-dal.dl.sourceforge.net/project/littlecleaner/Little Registry Cleaner/.../Little_Registry_Cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

http://liquidtelecom.dl.sourceforge.net/project/littlecleaner/Little Registry Cleaner/.../Little_Registry_Cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

https://getlittleapps.com/little-registry-cleaner/.../Little_Registry_Cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

http://getlittleapps.com/little-registry-cleaner/.../Little_Registry_Cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

http://cznic.dl.sourceforge.net/project/littlecleaner/Little Registry Cleaner/.../Little_Registry_Cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/littlecleaner/Little Registry Cleaner/.../Little_Registry_Cleaner_07_07_2013.exe

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