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media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.2.setup.exe

Cole Williams

The application media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.2.setup.exe by Cole Williams 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 www.softportal.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Cole Williams  (signed and verified)

MD5:
08865c2cb3b8bb0d9ea40f52a76156a1

SHA-1:
137cac3d7e87145dccdf17e55ab195ae8c0e0e25

SHA-256:
2d0ee930a84187d3692224c310f5afc65034d8203e51fe82b98efe8dbb130c7b

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 6:06:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.4
9.0.1.0195

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.10087

G Data
NSIS.Application.OpenCandy
14.7.24

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.OpenCandy.cxjcyz
0.28.0.60698

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ColeWilliams.DD
14.7.14.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14712

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0705
7.2.195

File size:
30.5 MB (32,023,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.2.setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cole Williams

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/12/2011 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/12/2014 12:59:59 AM

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 10:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:hg+UTuFHLzcLyum3vRERH3ggqT57iCk1fJAphFwh:e+UQLh33qtQgq57GfJAphFwh

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.v4.3.2.setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 11 URLs.

http://www.softportal.com/getsoft-20252-media-player-codec-pack-2.html

http://www.programosy.pl/.../pobierz,media-player-codec-pack,2.html

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

http://www.sharewarecentral.com/.../get.php?id=241054

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.0.setup.exe

http://win.cutephp.com/.../?p=14204

http://win.cutephp.com/go?p=14204

http://d110.cdn.m6web.fr/soft/.../media-player-codec-pack_4-3-2_fr_209486.exe

http://lb.cdn.m6web.fr/d/c/a/f0f5a5b79a70e8f8344f7b7d5e09847e/53c7942d/soft/.../media-player-codec-pack_4-3-2_fr_209486.exe

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.2.setup.exe

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

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