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freesoundrecorder.exe

Free Sound Recorder

BeiJing Aizhigu Information Technology Ltd

The application freesoundrecorder.exe, “Free Sound Recorder Setup ” by BeiJing Aizhigu Information Technology has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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 cdn.freevideofilecenterfiles.com.
Publisher:
Copyright© 2005-2015 FreeSoundRecorder Technologies, Inc.   (signed by BeiJing Aizhigu Information Technology Ltd)

Product:
Free Sound Recorder

Description:
Free Sound Recorder Setup

MD5:
80131bb85050bfcb4a4c15f94800888d

SHA-1:
e208b3df7d3d14b5e07e953004071a0fc8ea5786

SHA-256:
b1c7170184790d5acc856fad77c2bc533b8fd2ce988d3516e25db25f581465b7

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
8/4/2025 12:00:57 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Fukupef.Installer.Meta (M)
16.2.17.23

File size:
11.8 MB (12,367,320 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:
BeiJing Aizhigu Information Technology Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/8/2016 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/8/2017 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=BeiJing Aizhigu Information Technology Ltd, O=BeiJing Aizhigu Information Technology Ltd, STREET=Room X06-148 Floor 2 building 2 Xianghuangqi, L=Haidian, S=BeiJing, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
6BEC18F0A5E94C09C9DCEDCD3EB02231

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:/PggaWgXgO+4pgqlDsFBooULRf4H0jA07Jsy4SOMqzSNjwqFgocOYrWMRWC6Kl1+:n0lF+okILR4HHy4nSVH6PRLSsdm

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:
7.9983

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 URL.

http://cdn.freevideofilecenterfiles.com/c?x=f8JPYMy9px7ZavqoTZnzWGWu9nS31LvTi9EkqXgezv8=&c=I7pMwGx5W76boNNCDTF4IoNvJxSxzzDLX4ND5OL1OCTu et 1WVVa6jpKUwpSUz X2oGefDEPZuctFKzov8Whw==&downloadAs=FreeSoundRecorder.exe&fallback_url=http://www.freesoundrecorder.net/.../FreeSoundRecorder_IS.exe

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