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freeshortcutremover.exe

Free Shortcut Remover

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freeshortcutremover.exe, “Free Shortcut Remover Setup ” by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. 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 www.filedwon.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
FreeShortcutRemover Co., Ltd.   (signed by TechEvolve GMBH)

Product:
Free Shortcut Remover

Description:
Free Shortcut Remover Setup

MD5:
6cc511c98c44aa464771dc1bdfe6131b

SHA-1:
02de8a51f6d96b6f2c6276c0e5ef6052faa179ab

SHA-256:
fbb1d46fcca4728c838f55fb50accaf51e3057e0dfbdba6643ab527162b1f06c

Scanner detections:
2 / 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 1:05:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.9917

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.T
14.6.14.8

File size:
1.3 MB (1,380,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 3:59:59 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 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rQikwQH+Dd1tvrHP2pmacXJrrxbGahthbagnaVBaidiaRx9gR9kQ4:r9i+DdLvTP2p6Jrr7nUgna55H9al4

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9886

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file freeshortcutremover.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://www.filedwon.info/files/5/.../ShortcutRemover.eghelp.exe

http://www.filedwon.info/files/8/.../ShortcutRemover.eghelp.exe

http://ser2.filedwon.info/files/4/.../ShortcutRemover.eghelp.exe

http://www.shortcutremover.com/FreeShortcutRemover.exe

http://www.softwaregeek.com/mirror.php?sid=858453&index=1

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