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media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.4.setup.exe

Cole Williams

The application media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.4.setup.exe by Cole Williams has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 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:
d58119ef323cd988bf5499b0740ed2f9

SHA-1:
511089dd2b2aaac8d2a8cc61cc587ad0e3af4f78

SHA-256:
6df85eeec44b792ea09a6b9e6744f2b088d674567e0956e74a9a92a1e2d09473

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
11/15/2024 8:43:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.4
9.0.1.0277

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.10478

F-Prot
W32/A-c7e8dfc4
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
14.10.24

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.OpenCandy.ddwoan
0.28.2.62286

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ColeWilliams.DD
14.10.4.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.141002

Trend Micro House Call
HV_ZYX_.A632A135
7.2.277

File size:
30.6 MB (32,058,280 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.v4.3.4.setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cole Williams

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/11/2011 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/11/2014 8:59:59 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 8:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:nW3KqpAY3hm0UCVpM6X9SX1tKS79DxoH8sYTHoi7Cy//aB4Dhrk/Ml2:nW3K6ZBrMsC1tL7drTLCy//pDhrk/Ml2

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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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.4.setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 7 URLs.

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/.../?evp=c77af51e355e3cf67cbad7b3bd5f97ba&file=1

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

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe

http://media-player-codec-pack.software.informer.com/.../

http://download-web-shield.com/

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.4.setup.exe

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

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