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freesoundrecorder.exe

Free Sound Recorder

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freesoundrecorder.exe, “Free Sound Recorder 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.freeaudiovideosoft.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Copyright© 2005-2014 FreeSoundRecorder Technologies, Inc.   (signed by TechEvolve GMBH)

Product:
Free Sound Recorder

Description:
Free Sound Recorder Setup

MD5:
2308a8b8a245cb96d4ca22caa05db977

SHA-1:
46953efb76faae68ee1a46708ebaa736fb7def7d

SHA-256:
a973b628454789718a486a74fcaf8142bcde7932bd8d7f1160c3cebaabb3390a

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:
4/20/2024 12:55:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy (variant)
8.9980

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.U
14.6.24.4

File size:
10.8 MB (11,300,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TechEvolve GMBH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/15/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 6:59:59 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 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:ZPggaWgXgO+4pgqlDsFBooULRftP3DWmOdOG3ZnTOrya2OLxC/FkYMC43e:l0lF+okILRtP3ahrcyauFuu

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:
7.9996

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.freeaudiovideosoft.com/.../FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://c236.x8top.net/2107tmp/cf/soft/2014/6/ba/.../free-sound-recorder_979.exe

http://f30.y8top.net/2107tmp/cf/soft/2014/6/ba/.../free-sound-recorder_979.exe

http://www.freesoundrecorder.net/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://f51.x8top.net/2107tmp/cf/soft/2014/6/ba/.../free-sound-recorder_979.exe

http://www.coolrecordedit.com/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://www.sound-recorder.biz/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

http://www.gezginler.net/indir/v/.../

http://sound-recorder.biz/FreeSoundRecorder.exe

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