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setup.exe

Mediaplayer Lite

Howard Software

The application setup.exe by Howard Software has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 mediaplayerlite.com and multiple other hosts.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

Howard Software (signed by Howard Software)

Product:

Mediaplayer Lite

Version:

1, 0, 0, 0

MD5:

d81d6aadc24eff276c90663ac6ec87b7

SHA-1:

178c1269793470ed51cf60e07ad962ddcef5b34e

SHA-256:

6b9b69c2f65f16005c3fda054d0614ad07b62caffb3e8451278ec875bf7e6ec3

Scanner detections:

11 / 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:

4/26/2024 11:23:10 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

Riskware.Agent

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

PUA/OpenCandy.Gen

8.3.2.4

AVG

OpenCandy

2016.0.2887

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.Agent

4.0.3.151222

Dr.Web

Adware.OpenCandy.152

9.0.1.0356

ESET NOD32

Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe

9.12640

G Data

Win32.Application.OpenCandy

15.12.25

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.OpenCandy.dwzazk

0.30.26.4751

Reason Heuristics

PUP.OpenCandy.Installer (L)

15.12.22.19

Sophos

OpenCandy (PUA)

4.98

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic

45478

File size:

1.9 MB (2,017,024 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0. 0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:

Inno Setup

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Howard Software

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

12/5/2011 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/5/2012 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Howard Software, O=Howard Software, STREET=37 Fulwell Road, L=Sunderland, S=Tyne and Wear, PostalCode=SR60JE, C=GB

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

373836FE418B68C06FAF5E008C132642

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:Xna2MKY5/8S+78VcHsX5vZk5M0GVm392wnYyAPhDO7jkOn40jFYJkS3rJQBtUkB8:XauY98dYqM4Hwm392U/ApukYkhinXBgN

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD... 
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Entropy:

7.9943

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://mediaplayerlite.com/setup.exe

http://files.getsoftfree.com/get/click/.../?uid=1809--429--1399068220.3987&sid=FX_429&filename=Setup

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