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Miro_Installer.exe

Participatory Culture Foundation

The application Miro_Installer.exe by Participatory Culture Foundation has been detected as adware by 2 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 fs37.filehippo.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Participatory Culture Foundation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
345fc40d1ff61c783f3f646be1268e5d

SHA-1:
cbf83e2b30d742dcede17e5e553a3676c03b289d

SHA-256:
b5c8574e1c88bf58f81b551ed56e2f24c8913e160aed161b27c4bf617a532c3d

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/8/2024 8:13:13 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/OpenCandy
8/14/2014

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ParticipatoryCultureFoundation.O
14.8.14.10

File size:
39.2 MB (41,100,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\miro_installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Participatory Culture Foundation

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
2/19/2010 12:14:47 PM

Valid to:
2/19/2012 12:14:47 PM

Subject:
CN=Participatory Culture Foundation, O=Participatory Culture Foundation, L=Boston, S=MA, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
6C64CDD538DD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:dj7E1ZExW3L+BGwI+vX/W+z1SjRJAtgILDI80VUFHameobPr1uMQltye:pw1Z6GwI+vv2jRJYLD2U9lDQl

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9999

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file Miro_Installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://fs37.filehippo.com/4359/.../Miro_Installer.exe

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/miro/oc/.../Miro_Installer.exe

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