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PC Unleashed Online Inc.

The application pc unleashed installer.exe, “PC Unleashed Installer” by PC Unleashed Online has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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:
PC Unleashed Online Inc.  (signed and verified)

Description:
PC Unleashed Installer

Version:
3.1.0.0

MD5:
658c4317d76a446823d4a8e60d533d41

SHA-1:
1acd72102175cfcad0082d6bb0c4c6ac60ee2df1

SHA-256:
e9d11344fa3306c503621a5660ff4261cd4af80f34cfce1c0424881865953d5d

Scanner detections:
11 / 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 9:53:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/OpenCandy.Gen
8.3.2.4

AVG
OpenCandy.C
2017.0.2833

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.128
9.0.1.045

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe
10.12907

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
16.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.212.18499

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2016.02.14.06

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OpenCandy.dwzazk
1.0.14.5380

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.2.14.18

Sophos
OpenCandy (PUA)
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
OpenCandy (PUA) (not malicious)
46668

File size:
4.5 MB (4,721,040 bytes)

Copyright:
Copyright 2011 PC Unleashed Online Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pc unleashed installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
PC Unleashed Online Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
9/14/2010 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/14/2012 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=PC Unleashed Online Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=PC Unleashed Online Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2009-2 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)09, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3A8043892CCD3001024286073E23D1B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/10/2010 5:19:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:kGGbUCuPu1YLOmL2CwfsA+1B3c16AjcaKaaFXrPM9:kGixYLH7wfX+1Bs16ScjairPy

Entry address:
0x354B

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8886

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

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