burnaware-free.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application burnaware-free.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Covus installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.techradar.com.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Description:
CHIP Secured Installer

Version:
1.1.0.0

MD5:
2073c09080cc2692d48fa81f0c09177b

SHA-1:
60c4410d9a17025e53a02b34351f47c57090783e

SHA-256:
60d378ebc48f905529245cc5a0f038d08646207cd1cd2c8138caa5032b5d74f8

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
5/10/2024 4:34:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.CHIPDigital.Bundler (M)
15.9.10.14

File size:
1.1 MB (1,197,344 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2015 Chip Digital GmbH

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
German (Germany)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\burnaware-free.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/7/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/24/2016 8:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=München, S=Bavaria, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
01A0C3E3BC069F71B464AAD34063E209

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/26/2015 4:58:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Lq5TfcdHj4fmbK2qy0MmV0VMXAJYoupGeMJ2Jordss4p:LUTsam2xhowvordy

Entry address:
0x1A5890

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 55, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, EA, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.9623

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file burnaware-free.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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