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freeocrtoword.exe

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeocrtoword.exe by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 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.signfactorymega.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
TechEvolve GMBH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2306bd47c1b3968beac185d2f0f37762

SHA-1:
4e732b1ce094981cbd34c2fa352a2f1ef9e0d078

SHA-256:
b206a3b86c827e91d4b240590089a6af37ffb39384b551678967bbd39f0283e9

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
4/25/2024 10:27:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.183.118

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
20002

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.11
9.0.1.0317

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.RB (variant)
8.10678

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
11/13/2014

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

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13888

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.11.13.05

McAfee
Artemis!2306BD47C1B3
5600.6948

Norman
InstallCore.CERT
11.20141113

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.TechEvolveGMBH.N
14.11.13.5

Sophos
Generic PUA EO
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
34554

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\freeocrtoword.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 5:29:59 AM

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:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:/IcvpZz+i0FTH92W4Hww9RznGAb/6rtnB0xfovCEyWCQZo5VpU13JuIbx7j:/nvzKEHxfzGAb/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 freeocrtoword.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.signfactorymega.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

http://www.ocrtoword.com/FreeOCRtoWord.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-30-226-196.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.30.226.196:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-213-173-59.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.213.173.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-154-229-88.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.154.229.88:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-39-235-174.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.39.235.174:80)

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