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smartmediaconverter.exe

Smart Media Converter

Applon

The application smartmediaconverter.exe by Applon has been detected as adware by 8 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 smartmediaconverter.com.
Publisher:
Applon Inc.   (signed by Applon)

Product:
Smart Media Converter

Version:
1, 0, 0, 0

MD5:
969fb91180394625f77bcb61838f74a6

SHA-1:
59144c2f655724946ecf75da18e7472c72f511f8

SHA-256:
b3a10f58d89c970f9c33ceff1d45a4ca1df25964051a6d387398c57622c46e8f

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
11/23/2024 8:06:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.Generic.12262256
628

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.3106

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe
9.11258

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12262256
11.2015-18-05_2

McAfee
Artemis!969FB9118039
5600.6762

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.Generic.12262256
16.0.0.414

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Installer.Applon
15.5.18.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Blinkx/Applon
38062

File size:
11.7 MB (12,255,456 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\smartmediaconverter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Applon

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/11/2013 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/12/2014 9:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Applon, O=Applon, STREET=44 Primrose Crescent, L=SUNDERLAND, S=Tyne and Wear, PostalCode=SR6 9RJ, C=GB

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

Serial number:
61D4C21BAC72FFC01DD91677B59DA3E6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 8:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:yZkKjlTUmV42D2Tv4L7ivnHeVsUOFg5OdIb3FSKTZEjUeQOqQYwUG/nAJo3Q+uUk:ujx1YTv4wiEYOdF09zwUG4Jo3NufF6Az

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9998

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://smartmediaconverter.com/.../free

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