smplayer-0.8.5-ps-win32.exe

SMPlayer

Ricardo Villalba

The application smplayer-0.8.5-ps-win32.exe, “SMPlayer Installer (32-bit)” by Ricardo Villalba has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 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 software-files-a.cnet.com.
Publisher:
Ricardo Villalba  (signed and verified)

Product:
SMPlayer

Description:
SMPlayer Installer (32-bit)

Version:
0.8.5

MD5:
a09fcd5092d3bfbd9abd949de9f54b14

SHA-1:
fd5760a2f4183701f29677331ddeb6e03d2b0a96

SHA-256:
4b166ac66e749168d8c93c44a9fe7131c13555c9f93443a2ced01895d247859d

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:28:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
8.9653

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.04.19.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.RicardoVillalba.V
14.6.12.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14417

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OpenCandy
3.12.26.0

File size:
16.4 MB (17,219,488 bytes)

Product version:
0.8.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\smplayer-0.8.5-ps-win32.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
11/2/2012 8:27:07 AM

Valid to:
11/2/2013 8:27:07 AM

Subject:
E=smplayer.dev@gmail.com, CN="Open Source Developer, Ricardo Villalba", O=Ricardo Villalba, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Certum Level III CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
41F0DE7A9C09D8DF6824DEA94F5F147D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2011 3:21:33 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:lZ5yoXcxZx8O330QVQ4kUibj9ZbWsSyO0tIHmVMUwf8O3PEqsaAtls:lbyoa8CQh91BV3VMUWz3P3t

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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