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halloween.exe

The Scone Company, LLC

The application halloween.exe by The Scone Company has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) 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.
Publisher:
The Scone Company, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d21ba670f2bdc6c8aaed5156126621c4

SHA-1:
96cf3939f7ae63638fa418be67edac5b8c8574a5

SHA-256:
62505b8fc1089312abbda9fc3a9f2efe81e96fc5cd590c04dd1194632283deba

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/18/2024 8:30:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Adware.OpenCandy
14.11.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.11.18.09

Trend Micro House Call
HV_ZYX_CI1948A5.RDXN
7.2.322

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4791855
34232

File size:
4.5 MB (4,754,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
The Scone Company, LLC

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
3/21/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="The Scone Company, LLC", O="The Scone Company, LLC", STREET=12902 Dorathea Terrace, L=Poway, S=CA, PostalCode=92064, C=US

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
0381CFF79BD7453D57D75E665554AC94

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:o0zBYA2qVn7dNWH6ZlmsJ52h7cbksha3Okk6UUvI+X7R8sBqCpwz8:fBYxY7ua+smh7cHuSsACz

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9848

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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