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trustedwebinstaller.exe

The application trustedwebinstaller.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 veribrowse.com a web site host known to distribute potentially unwanted software operated by SqueakyChocolate.
MD5:
4c08a3180c2d23e4a230ae9c8304e699

SHA-1:
412b219295a5413f95e114cf524d7778bbb888e0

SHA-256:
f0df0ec146923739de8a4c7ab0b0dd154594f6ff30ef5a17996442208ff09d5e

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:
4/25/2024 5:14:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy
8.9325

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.03.01.12

McAfee
Artemis!4C08A3180C2D
5600.7205

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14227

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0114
7.2.60

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.OpenCandy
3.12.24.3

File size:
676.2 KB (692,393 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 11:19:54 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:RCr154YQNmWZ/LovFFqTn4730nM491P0Ez0Sgxb6wYQlDvGNjn51w:R7Nmi8s473k91JwSgZZtJ+hA

Entry address:
0x3883

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, 68, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 36, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 64, 92, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 4C, 92, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 18, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 06, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.7166

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
27.5 KB (28,160 bytes)

The file trustedwebinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://veribrowse.com/.../TrustedWebInstaller.exe

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