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videoconverter.exe

Video Converter

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application videoconverter.exe, “Video Converter Setup ” by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore monetization download manager to download additional third party applications that may be unwanted by the user.
Publisher:
UpdateStar   (signed by UpdateStar GmbH)

Product:
Video Converter

Description:
Video Converter Setup

Version:
7.0.3.91

MD5:
68a1e3100c45fec9906fa4d715bfe0d2

SHA-1:
802ab40440c2902c564a8ae5c8d1950abe71b4f1

SHA-256:
fefbea21936e987de1df44c870bf5b41df401121aacdd7dda0b92edea91ca85a

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 4:37:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

Panda Antivirus
PUP/Multitoolbar
15.10.29.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.UpdateStar.Installer (M)
15.10.29.4

Sophos
Install Core Click run software (PUA)
4.98

File size:
8.3 MB (8,704,008 bytes)

Product version:
7.0.3.91

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 UpdateStar

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\videoconverter.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/2/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/3/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Hauptstraße 20, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10827, C=DE

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

Serial number:
009ED227324380B40DDE36C8D31A33831F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2014 2:58:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:3Py+azZbWRiiynPBGa8upK455YFzLasFehPAX9qHX:DazZSR2PAupK4XmzdySw

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9479

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

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

http://static.updatestar.net/dl/updatestar/.../VideoConverter.exe

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