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Spesoft Windows 8 Start Menu

Spesoft Ltd

The application spesoftwindows8startmenusetup.exe, “Spesoft Windows 8 Start Menu Setup ” by Spesoft has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 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.
Publisher:
Spesoft   (signed by Spesoft Ltd)

Product:
Spesoft Windows 8 Start Menu

Description:
Spesoft Windows 8 Start Menu Setup

MD5:
8d6b179f91cc45b4dcea76b9dec68349

SHA-1:
81dd4210c0ab0303fab1acf17824ba2aa890a99c

SHA-256:
7c484eda7546223c11c51e4ba4e2af4e6e54e5d77b9301c7ffaed00db058e9ad

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 12:14:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.OpenCandy.6
9.0.1.0143

McAfee
Artemis!8D6B179F91CC
5600.6756

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OpenCandy.cueyse
0.30.0.64448

Sophos
OpenCandy
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V047
7.2.143

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
36228

File size:
2.4 MB (2,472,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spesoft Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/25/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
10/21/2014 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Spesoft Ltd, OU=SECURE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT, O=Spesoft Ltd, L=London, S=London, C=GB

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
37E3082D15EDB04030A356D877E77196

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Iq99c5kGSr0rxIZ0NtuduCBz4UKCmVC0lsf3FEahi3Q3NE7vNA7O772uLUPzz2m4:l990Cr0SmLuduPUH10laOUrNa2xgSdQF

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:
7.9956

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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