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Free Studio

DVDVideoSoft Ltd.

The application freestudio.exe, “Free Studio Setup ” by DVDVideoSoft has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. 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 off.dvdvideosoft.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.   (signed by DVDVideoSoft Ltd.)

Product:
Free Studio

Description:
Free Studio Setup

Version:
6.4.3.128

MD5:
a621c973655200ed81873d61ffe0f99a

SHA-1:
7b85c2837bb10114e5a635c86b691f1c253a6afa

SHA-256:
4cdee143943b80512948df6907636da07cd96339d8b92d3d0f16e7c206e85594

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
4/23/2024 6:09:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe (variant)
9.11105

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OpenCandy.dlsdxl
0.30.0.65070

Reason Heuristics
PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)
16.12.2.22

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0131
7.2.32

File size:
3.4 MB (3,533,528 bytes)

Product version:
6.4.3.128

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DVDVideoSoft Ltd.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/24/2013 4:43:53 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 4:43:53 PM

Subject:
E=question@dvdvideosoft.com, CN=DVDVideoSoft Ltd., O=DVDVideoSoft Ltd., S=Dominica, C=DM

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11212661F5B10172D0E730C0D1F1213115FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2013 10:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:oXwUzxzdXF7rYMly8Wsqss6N6ewmo0PX5lwnWdvNO+dk6CV:ovXF/Alp6cewm5zFOwk3

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file freestudio.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://off.dvdvideosoft.net/FreeStudio.exe

http://dw.html.it/index.php?softname=FreeStudio_6.4.2.113.exe&code=1424291428&q=ODAyODZ8ZnJlZS1zdHVkaW8tMTQ=

http://downloads.dvdvideosoft.com/FreeStudio.exe

http://web-downloads.dvdvideosoft.netdna-cdn.com/.../FreeStudio.exe

http://src.dvdvideosoft.net/.../FreeStudio.exe

http://web-downloads.dvdvideosoft.com/.../FreeStudio.exe

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