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candy-time.exe

The Scone Company, LLC

The application candy-time.exe by The Scone Company has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) 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:
The Scone Company, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c6c9f87552b6135bfc38097c346a99a1

SHA-1:
f513bf6c1f94ceb3c915a59c3546f80c6288e3e3

SHA-256:
9fe1b53e716a4edeac2345fea7ab37909adaeed21a3ccb4905d227a51dc8a53e

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
4/24/2024 8:12:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe application
6.3.12010.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OpenCandy
15.0.2.529

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
17.3.8.22

File size:
651.4 KB (667,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\candy-time.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Scone Company, LLC

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
3/21/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2012 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="The Scone Company, LLC", O="The Scone Company, LLC", STREET=12902 Dorathea Terrace, L=Poway, S=CA, PostalCode=92064, C=US

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
0381CFF79BD7453D57D75E665554AC94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6936

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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