PowerISO5.exe

PowerISO Setup

Power Software Ltd

The application PowerISO5.exe by Power Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 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 dl.cdn.chip.de and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Power Software Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
PowerISO Setup

Version:
5.8.0.0

MD5:
edea3c8fa5ef81ef9e6c79295f6c4dd1

SHA-1:
faeb848163da942d008da21d7ef164558f1390d6

SHA-256:
78e5fc457117c1e57767f9fc9b78254c6ef6ee2c8de1f249ced4766a9025ea9c

Scanner detections:
7 / 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 10:02:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.OpenCandy
7.1.1

Bkav FE
W32.Clod99a.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.4
9.0.1.060

ESET NOD32
7.9159

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2013.12.11.09

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.131209

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1028
7.2.345

File size:
5.9 MB (6,139,136 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright(c) 2004-2013

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\poweriso5.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/28/2011 3:33:03 AM

Valid to:
10/28/2014 3:33:03 AM

Subject:
CN=Power Software Ltd, O=Power Software Ltd, L=香港, S=香港, C=HK

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

Serial number:
11214EC0AA9D4C5C4268811B30352BF16983

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:oPFm9JeQ4gAFGFiHEDl6/LTF23GY22JaIOayNyc2JFVIMoBfZe:oPAqfFgmEDl6t2WwJ00TxoHe

Entry address:
0x30CB

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, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9984

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file PowerISO5.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 27 URLs.

http://dl.cdn.chip.de/downloads/.../PowerISO_5.8.exe

http://ftp-stahuj.centrum.cz/dl/3e5bb9c734220615755b16815777f01b/56c21fd9/stahuj/download/software/secured/p/poweriso/58/.../PowerISO5.exe

http://www.commentcamarche.net/download/.../183-poweriso

http://ftp-stahuj.centrum.cz/dl/aea2a3d51bd9af3c6a2ccdf56e6fe6fc/569f6ab9/stahuj/download/software/secured/p/poweriso/58/.../PowerISO5.exe

temp:PowerISO5.exe

http://192.155.93.226/PowerISO5.exe

http://166.62.0.169/PowerISO5.exe

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