lightworks.exe

OCSClient

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application lightworks.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Chip Digital OCSClient installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.download-sponsor.de.
Publisher:
CHIP Digital GmbH  (signed and verified)

Product:
OCSClient

Description:
CHIP Secured Installer

Version:
7.00

MD5:
dcbf34581ed106ff700de95acc250ef6

SHA-1:
5372b6e314bb65c17e80c487e571b96ea37f6233

SHA-256:
3713f0b496d600ce6e62d79fe208d1b6f8e855e4fec93754298a342d1b117468

Scanner detections:
24 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:13:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Agent.OMO
404

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Downloader.Gen
7.11.182.206

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-151228

AVG
Downloader.Generic14
2016.0.2882

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadSponsor.DAE
21790

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.3982
9.0.1.0362

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadSponsor.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-4024500f
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Agent.OMO
11.2015-28-12_2

G Data
Win32.Application.DownloadSponsor
15.12.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13697

McAfee
Artemis!AC5B9B93E630
5600.6538

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Agent.OMO
16.0.0.1086

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadSponsor.dkkydc
0.30.0.64448

Norman
DownloadSponsor.M
11.20151228

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Staser.961360
15.04.16.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.12.28.07

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic
15.12.28.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.151226

Sophos
Generic PUA BG
4.98

Total Defense
Heur/TrojanHorse.ZCGA!suspicious
37.1.62.1

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Staser.Win32.2995
2.0.0.2069

File size:
938.8 KB (961,360 bytes)

Product version:
7.00

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014 Chip Digital GmbH

Original file name:
ocsclient.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Chip Digital OCSClient

Language:
German (Germany)

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/24/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/25/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=Muenchen, S=Bayern, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0D160B8252A4F0A16FE1255FA0A22E2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/3/2014 5:05:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:c7lw1DxiceyQ5nmRnvPg8dN79tpecOZaKqnkV7reysgfBnnl2m:c7m1DFe0N79tpeVpV7reysgpnncm

Entry address:
0x1684

Entry point:
68, 74, F6, 40, 00, E8, EE, FF, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 00, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 75, 2B, 31, 89, 16, 3E, CD, 46, 90, 5F, 62, 3A, 2B, 0C, 5B, FC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 01, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 43, 53, 43, 6C, 69, 65, 6E, 74, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, CC, 31, 00, 03, 4F, 4B, FD, 30, C5, 74, 0B, 4A, AE, 27, 1D, 70, DF, 41, 0B, FA, 4E, 2F, D4, 5E, 4A, 2E, 1C, 45, A1, 89, 3D, 3B, F4, 3F, 60, 04, 3A, 4F, AD, 33, 99, 66, CF, 11, B7, 0C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.2423

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual Basic v5.0

Code size:
100 KB (102,400 bytes)

The file lightworks.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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