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media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe

Cole Williams

The application media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe by Cole Williams has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from media-player-codec-pack.software.informer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Cole Williams  (signed and verified)

MD5:
68d79f9fc50ad8666fdf7cae464e95eb

SHA-1:
7222d940ab5e90292aae744802e2a9e7e1b46029

SHA-256:
c8acfef17a95f0c2b268dcb7b08f1676e670abc6450a2d41e15514309d83d3f1

Scanner detections:
6 / 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:
4/27/2024 12:27:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.4
9.0.1.0227

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.10254

G Data
NSIS.Adware.SoftBundled
14.8.24

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ColeWilliams.DD
14.8.15.5

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14813

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0814
7.2.227

File size:
30.6 MB (32,115,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cole Williams

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
10/12/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/12/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Cole Williams, O=Cole Williams, STREET=156 Hainton Avenue, L=Grimsby, S=South Humberside, PostalCode=DN32 9LQ, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
39B7C287C179FBD0F13185D66A9E71AB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
786432:w8UAMOns3Lc4a9a90BOwrJ6JCuqBKbhppXvjQ:6AFULcnG0BOw96hRbRQ

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://media-player-codec-pack.software.informer.com/.../

http://files01.techspot.com/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe

http://www.techspot.com/downloads/downloadnow/.../?evp=01767b771277d7ae0695ac871a34b069&file=1

https://www.mediaplayercodecpack.com/download.php?download=codecpack

http://download.mediaplayercodecpack.com/files/.../media.player.codec.pack.v4.3.3.setup.exe

http://www.mediaplayercodecpack.com/download.php?download=codecpack

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