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media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.1.setup.exe

Cole Williams

The application media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.1.setup.exe by Cole Williams has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 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 www.techspot.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Cole Williams  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e237e2823611f1dfe6bb1fece658f199

SHA-1:
e48929a73b21910e1a03efcbf4afdde1e0f750e1

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
12/26/2024 12:15:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ColeWilliams.DD
14.5.26.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14524

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0519
7.2.146

File size:
30.2 MB (31,643,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cole Williams

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/11/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/11/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cole Williams, O=Cole Williams, STREET=156 Hainton Avenue, L=Grimsby, S=South Humberside, PostalCode=DN32 9LQ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
39B7C287C179FBD0F13185D66A9E71AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:Zyt83q7Akuan7bUog5ju7/hwu97XlHQgkpYyivTdDuiyXQ6RgFdLhJXUTpigGWM5:UcJQ7nmuLhHx7BJvFwRgnUTpiuMfJEU

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9995

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.1.setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/.../?evp=541a723bf69a9ea02f550243de268ecb&file=1

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.2.6.setup.exe

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.1.setup.exe

http://www.mediaplayercodecpack.com/download.php?download=codecpack

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