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mirc717.exe

mIRC

mIRC Co. Ltd.

The application mirc717.exe by mIRC Co has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 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 filehippo.com.
Publisher:
mIRC Co. Ltd.  (signed and verified)

Product:
mIRC

Version:
7.17

MD5:
925742557a26b52ec5af14340d58277b

SHA-1:
4a034f8db2201a55eeeae3fdf1e9b72dca12d7ab

SHA-256:
5b8e3afbf10acc80f37b54f5186fa56756c78bd3fa369eb1a76f72bfe77da9de

Scanner detections:
6 / 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:
11/5/2024 1:35:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
9.11080

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/OpenCandy
2/2/2015

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.192.14772

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2015.02.02.08

McAfee
Adware-OpenCandy.dll
5600.6867

File size:
2 MB (2,079,752 bytes)

Product version:
7.17

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}\downloads\mirc717.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
mIRC Co. Ltd.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/25/2010 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/12/2011 6:59:59 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 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:uKPEF/3Gn9BxYQONiNEJhI0adz2QbkiyA4Nhb9jGl5dTQOs:XOaeQONiNEfI3akXyFGlkO

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:
7.9940

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file mirc717.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

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