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freeaudioeditor.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeaudioeditor.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.free-audio-editor.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8d7e9c288dfa6e0440845987891d954a

SHA-1:
a261e784511e912f21a788082a792a4eff907f5d

SHA-256:
9400fb979ca137aaa7893e7817e59b3d1e3269d110f4caa8bf34e3d05a7b6656

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:36:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.183.52

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.11
9.0.1.0309

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.RB (variant)
8.10672

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13888

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.11.05.10

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20141105

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.P
14.11.5.10

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
34526

File size:
699 KB (715,776 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TechEvolve GMBH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TechEvolve GMBH, L=Beijing, S=Beijing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
50FF3D5C361AE9F52E4B0A3CF576C6EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:pIcvpZz+i0FTH92W4Hww9RznGAb/6rtnB0xfovCEyWCQZo5VpU13JuIbx7j:pnvzKEHxfzGAb/i4OCElm5A1ZuMx

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9006

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.free-audio-editor.com/FreeAudioEditor.exe

http://free-audio-editor.com/package/.../FreeAudioEditor.php

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