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Free Audio Converter

Digital Wave Ltd

The application freeaudioconverter.exe, “Free Audio Converter Setup ” by Digital Wave has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer 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 filehippo.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by Digital Wave Ltd)

Product:
Free Audio Converter

Description:
Free Audio Converter Setup

Version:
5.0.65.1019

MD5:
5cc84dd95bb32aa15fcc6715bfcda5a4

SHA-1:
a9f6b3a7730d3232ab1a67ec3aa365225157d445

SHA-256:
0ebdc419dc52957c5e738c76a096b9795ace19fca2f474b339c866c24ccb4cf2

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
5/29/2024 1:30:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.OpenCandy
4.0.3.151022

Dr.Web
Adware.Toolbar.576
9.0.1.0295

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe (variant)
9.12441

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/OpenCandy
10/22/2015

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
15.10.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.FusionCore
t3scan.1.9.5.0

McAfee
Artemis!C0A66510319A
5600.6605

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
15.10.22.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.SpeedingUpMyPC.a!1075357520
23.00.65.151020

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0507
7.2.295

File size:
25.5 MB (26,731,744 bytes)

Product version:
5.0.65.1019

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Wave Ltd

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/23/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/22/2017 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Digital Wave Ltd, O=Digital Wave Ltd, L=London, S=London, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
1825ED6422D189492317AAD87B5382C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/16/2015 2:24:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:Bw9Op0j9Ye8q+e6LcJmIuDtwCb2VrtCKfbKFQ8EnDA:29LH8tfwCy99bKFSDA

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 34, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 1E, D8, FF, FF, E8, 6D, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 33, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 54, 86...
 
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Entropy:
7.9997

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file freeaudioconverter.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 9 URLs.

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://filehippo.com/es/download/file/.../

http://filehippo.com/de/download/file/.../

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://filehippo.com/it/download/file/.../

http://static.letoltokozpont.hu/letoltokozpont.hu/programok/.../FreeAudioConverter5.exe

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://filehippo.com/download/file/.../

http://software-files-a.cnet.com/s/software/14/48/36/.../FreeAudioConverter.exe

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