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codecperformersetup.exe

Codec Performer

Red Balloons Software, LLC

This is part of a Performersoft product, a 'PC optimzation' application that provides minimal benifits and may have been bundled by a third party installer. The application codecperformersetup.exe by Red Balloons Software has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat.
Publisher:
Red Balloons Software, LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Codec Performer

Version:
1.22.11.13

MD5:
3e42b8839e1c0fab533220f3a67ec59d

SHA-1:
2177e692390e7e5ee350c6b4a1761bd4f121c0a1

SHA-256:
d429bbe00e8da6be71360b7cba42367ce9096976b4ef479bbdb4fad3f8a1a27c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 5:04:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Performersoft.RedBalloonsSoftware.Installer (M)
16.1.28.12

File size:
1.6 MB (1,651,784 bytes)

Product version:
1.22.11.13

Copyright:
Copyright 2013

Original file name:
Codec Performer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\codecperformersetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Red Balloons Software, LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2013 2:13:54 AM

Valid to:
11/20/2014 2:13:54 AM

Subject:
CN="Red Balloons Software, LLC", O="Red Balloons Software, LLC", L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
2B41EF13399233

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/22/2013 6:38:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:pwT38GRfNLN5qCYwknKpEQpqiEFUTBOkyfr34O/:ps8GRfxN57Ywk3QpXEZj

Entry address:
0xAE569

Entry point:
E8, 47, A1, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 20, 3E, 53, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 8D, 47, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, F0, E6, 4A, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9...
 
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Entropy:
6.8109

Code size:
921.5 KB (943,616 bytes)

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