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mirc715.exe

mIRC

mIRC Co. Ltd.

The application mirc715.exe by mIRC Co 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.
Publisher:
mIRC Co. Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Product:
mIRC

Version:
7.15

MD5:
c5c5919dd0c3cdef9fc57e827d1d56cb

SHA-1:
56527149a300816cdd8747a18147251d6a70700e

SHA-256:
d9178045fcb38ce398749fe4828cd3dd07f598bbffcbd13bbcff681a73949631

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 1:18:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
9.6478

McAfee
Adware-OpenCandy.dll
5600.6850

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/OpenCandy
1.163.1557.0

File size:
1.9 MB (2,020,552 bytes)

Product version:
7.15

Copyright:
Copyright © 1995-2010 mIRC Co. Ltd.

Trademarks:
mIRC® is a Registered Trademark of mIRC Co. Ltd.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\mirc715.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
mIRC Co. Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/26/2010 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/12/2011 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=mIRC Co. Ltd., OU=Secure Application Development, O=mIRC Co. Ltd., L=London, S=London, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0B40414482977145A318BCDF69A55FDE

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):
49152:cG2lOaoeJidGuO5fGN2q3qK6fJOqlzylySOWHlBUwz:X854GRTWDznHlB

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:
7.9924

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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