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Free Disc Burner 3.0.19.827

DVDVideoSoft Ltd.

The application freediscburner.exe, “Free Disc Burner 3.0.19.827 Setup ” by DVDVideoSoft has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 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 web-downloads.dvdvideosoft.com.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by DVDVideoSoft Ltd.)

Product:
Free Disc Burner 3.0.19.827

Description:
Free Disc Burner 3.0.19.827 Setup

Version:
3.0.19.827

MD5:
acb80e54b17e0b1acf6f0e480da1947c

SHA-1:
b7a0b0f3f4f14b580bd6dee6ec7e9e6d8c873a15

SHA-256:
68e9c6c6f65a3bb0b9ab9cd6f20d0d6546696ab0d07991e5a2295aef3f1e5fe5

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
5/10/2024 5:50:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.8781

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.10.24.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.12.1.16

File size:
1 MB (1,083,608 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.19.827

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\dvdvideosoft\freediscburner.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/24/2013 4:43:53 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 4:43:53 PM

Subject:
E=question@dvdvideosoft.com, CN=DVDVideoSoft Ltd., O=DVDVideoSoft Ltd., S=Dominica, C=DM

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11212661F5B10172D0E730C0D1F1213115FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 3:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZxGV7ChATDXzaBB8HL4Opc9bbx3OlMCMu47N48bbEn:yNCKnUeEOp2b13+MCA+ebEn

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, 2C, 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, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file freediscburner.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://web-downloads.dvdvideosoft.com/.../FreeDiscBurner.exe

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