freesoundrecorder_ccc.exe

Free Sound Recorder

TechEvolve GMBH

The application freesoundrecorder_ccc.exe, “Free Sound Recorder Setup ” by TechEvolve GMBH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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 freesoundrecorder.net.
Publisher:
Copyright© 2005-2015 FreeSoundRecorder Technologies, Inc.   (signed by TechEvolve GMBH)

Product:
Free Sound Recorder

Description:
Free Sound Recorder Setup

MD5:
7394d58ad097ef3406c99b19a7af64b3

SHA-1:
43d526ff8e62ae65c44d5d97c16da01c7fe09bcd

SHA-256:
325905f8b33328536e5ae1d6d1a3fa24ef7039cf84dcbd99b16315a5252fe13a

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/24/2024 7:14:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.2990

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6979

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.280
9.0.1.0217

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11266

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.9.11.2

McAfee
Artemis!0829AAD7B205
5600.6646

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.TechEvolveGMBH.Installer.Meta
15.8.5.1

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0303
7.2.254

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
41956

File size:
10.9 MB (11,412,752 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2015 2:59:59 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 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:EPggaWgXgO+4pgqlDsFBooULRf4H0jA07Jsy4SOMqzrNAUn+/CPPKZ:y0lF+okILR4HHy4nruUaZ

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_ccc.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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