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setup.exe

Mediaplayer Lite

Howard Software

The application setup.exe by Howard Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 mediaplayerlite.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Howard Software   (signed by Howard Software)

Product:
Mediaplayer Lite

Version:
1, 0, 0, 0

MD5:
d81d6aadc24eff276c90663ac6ec87b7

SHA-1:
178c1269793470ed51cf60e07ad962ddcef5b34e

SHA-256:
6b9b69c2f65f16005c3fda054d0614ad07b62caffb3e8451278ec875bf7e6ec3

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:
11/5/2024 10:34:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/OpenCandy.Gen
8.3.2.4

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.2887

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Agent
4.0.3.151222

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.152
9.0.1.0356

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe
9.12640

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
15.12.25

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OpenCandy.dwzazk
0.30.26.4751

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.12.22.19

Sophos
OpenCandy (PUA)
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45478

File size:
1.9 MB (2,017,024 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0. 0

Copyright:
©2011

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Howard Software

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/5/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/5/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Howard Software, O=Howard Software, STREET=37 Fulwell Road, L=Sunderland, S=Tyne and Wear, PostalCode=SR60JE, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
373836FE418B68C06FAF5E008C132642

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Xna2MKY5/8S+78VcHsX5vZk5M0GVm392wnYyAPhDO7jkOn40jFYJkS3rJQBtUkB8:XauY98dYqM4Hwm392U/ApukYkhinXBgN

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9943

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://mediaplayerlite.com/setup.exe

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=1809--429--1399068220.3987&sid=FX_429&filename=Setup

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