home

avg-pc-tuneup2014hk-15-en-en-p4v1.exe

OpenCandy Inc.

The application avg-pc-tuneup2014hk-15-en-en-p4v1.exe by OpenCandy has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the OpenCandy Installer 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:
OpenCandy Inc.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1e60ae6f9b2ec4e64c8be32eb98404bf

SHA-1:
981841cf7d43fd90c7796ed647de6b9007b63903

SHA-256:
3920ebcfe54e2b2056cb19a083c8c22828f99e49c8f9667e69aa58314182f1a3

Scanner detections:
5 / 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).

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 8:27:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.2
9.0.1.065

F-Prot
W32/A-74aca6fc
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of avg-pc-tuneup2014uk-15-en-en-p4v1.exe (PUP)
2015.6.12.21

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.OpenCandy
15.3.6.7

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0710
7.2.65

File size:
26.5 MB (27,781,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
OpenCandy Installer (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\opencandy\8e015b20f09a463ba8f5ec02eae95dd4\avg-pc-tuneup2014hk-15-en-en-p4v1.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
OpenCandy Inc.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/23/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=OpenCandy Inc., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=OpenCandy Inc., L=San Diego, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
064F7F3543BCDEFC1576F502AE200E11

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2012 3:19:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:VqL+1epU/M1lR0wTZAU8FOfdr2DMamm6irA:VqL+Aa/M1f0IZJ0OV2DHXu

Entry address:
0x3883

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, 68, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9761

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
27.5 KB (28,160 bytes)

Remove avg-pc-tuneup2014hk-15-en-en-p4v1.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.