cole2k.media.-.codec.pack.v8.0.1.-standard-.setup.exe

Cole Williams

The application cole2k.media.-.codec.pack.v8.0.1.-standard-.setup.exe by Cole Williams has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cole2k.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Cole Williams  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fece56a749f70e6c54fcc8cd0bd3e596

SHA-1:
da2727d15dcc9d6362bed4780c9d22b111682024

SHA-256:
ffacc48a1742440d8c8ce724587900ce6a91a9259f62ad9cb632e359955b0b6b

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 12:50:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Widgi (variant)
8.9608

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ColeWilliams.i
14.4.13.21

File size:
15.3 MB (16,062,736 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cole2k.media.-.codec.pack.v8.0.1.-standard-.setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/11/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/11/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cole Williams, O=Cole Williams, STREET=156 Hainton Avenue, L=Grimsby, S=South Humberside, PostalCode=DN32 9LQ, C=GB

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

Serial number:
39B7C287C179FBD0F13185D66A9E71AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:x1YysSr026I7BjXGD1MP33boMLf2DZUnKBsHAVt/oiPTuUu9:bsS+uBjXao33PLfivG4o4u9

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9997

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file cole2k.media.-.codec.pack.v8.0.1.-standard-.setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://cole2k.net/.../cole2k.media.-.codec.pack.v7.6.0.-standard-.setup.exe

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/13/04/59/.../cole2k.media.-.codec.pack.v8.0.2.-standard-.setup.exe