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doubleTwistSetup.exe

doubleTwist Corporation

The application doubleTwistSetup.exe by doubleTwist has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.doubletwist.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
doubleTwist Corporation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c2e648c951463e67496c24de0995fac6

SHA-1:
1704a64cda43ec348cd5d4962c033fcf457c17cd

SHA-256:
e9c30d1c8b516509cda1fb67cd73c88c47cde784148b52f3e443cff8c43cbdaf

Scanner detections:
7 / 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:
4/25/2024 6:22:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
7.9190

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.174.10588

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OpenCandy
14.0.0.4638

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2013.11.25.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.doubleTwistCorporation.Q
14.7.10.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.131208

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OpenCandy
3.12.24.3

File size:
1.2 MB (1,308,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
doubleTwist Corporation

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/26/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/27/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=doubleTwist Corporation, O=doubleTwist Corporation, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
76841B75BB05730DAF509BC51CB852FC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/6/2011 10:31:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rmJk0O671jfeaRDiDSQBvYbFavObypMqmm0q2Ha0AU2V/U4u+GO1vS:rEfr14BB4bjm020AU2S4u+GO1q

Entry address:
0x354B

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, D8, 84, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, B0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 06, 47, 00, E8, 67, 27, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, B0, 05, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 86, 40, 00, FF, 15, 80, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 86, 40, 00, 68, A0, 85, 46, 00, E8, 35, 26, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 10, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 23, 26, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3385

Code size:
25 KB (25,600 bytes)

The file doubleTwistSetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://download.doubletwist.com/windows/.../doubleTwistSetup.exe

http://download.doubletwist.com/doubleTwistSetup.exe

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