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mirovideoconverter_openinstall.exe

Participatory Culture Foundation

The application mirovideoconverter_openinstall.exe by Participatory Culture Foundation has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from ftp.osuosl.org and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Participatory Culture Foundation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
84b0da1dbc4dcac565a97531e3d6b421

SHA-1:
728b76dd07b3965735c0ac51c20cf17a3742d2e4

SHA-256:
160d6f42554c49cad4b4fc4cf0c7cc7df13fb329f6f583ae83818f0456651db8

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:39:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.166.108

AVG
InstallCore
2015.0.3412

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PO potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

McAfee
Program.Artemis!84B0DA1DBC4D
16.8.708.2

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.f22
1.0.0.1015

Sophos
Generic PUA HC
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0701
7.2.197

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R0CBC0OH814
10.465.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
32112

File size:
784.1 KB (802,944 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Participatory Culture Foundation

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2012 8:53:33 PM

Valid to:
11/13/2014 2:11:52 AM

Subject:
CN=Participatory Culture Foundation, O=Participatory Culture Foundation, L=Boston, S=MA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B7A89C3505610

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 6:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:gQFgCQTjMZzqRrZknsexGskP/8LR3B+1uGS4ee4f:gqgCuj8UknsJ9kLOxStjf

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8343

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file mirovideoconverter_openinstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/mirovideoconverter//MVC_installer_2014_06_27.exe

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/.../MVC_installer_2014_06_27.exe

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/mirovideoconverter//MiroVideoConverter_openinstall.exe

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/pculture.org/.../MiroVideoConverter_openinstall.exe

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