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wavepad.exe

WavePad

NCH Software

The executable wavepad.exe, “WavePad Sound Editor” has been detected as malware by 5 anti-virus scanners. This file is typically installed with the program WavePad Audio-Editor by NCH Software.

File name:

wavepad.exe

Publisher:

NCH Software

Product:

WavePad

Description:

WavePad Sound Editor

Version:

5.55+

MD5:

a8987d64ec9bf80b5b2c2bed47f07d64

SHA-1:

5c9e276f17c30d2d67a4f2451a91005d194c3424

SHA-256:

3514e278e23c53afb0a16006522ceaee1521f04e2e4e75acf0bbabf421592777

Scanner detections:

5 / 68

Status:

Malware

Analysis date:

12/23/2025 9:03:29 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Bkav FE

HW32.CDB

1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security

UnclassifiedMalware

17381

ESET NOD32

Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Google (variant)

8.9279

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.R0CBH07JO13

7.2.359

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Packer.EnigmaProtector1.1X-1.3X

25350

File size:

2.4 MB (2,512,432 bytes)

NCH Software

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (Australia)

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

8/23/2013 12:35:44 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:fVZ1StWViuW8H53DVrLelZYNn2+6fvCmXWmRDLvI6vMpE:NL+DOBsY76HZ9RDLvrWE

Entry address:

0xE34D

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 00, 10, 40, 00, E8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 9A, 83, C4, 10, 8B, E5, 5D, E9, A7, 6B, 6E, 00, 31, FC, 46, CA, 70, 20, 7D, C8, 41, 7F, 1E, 2D, 30, D3, EA, 86, 17, 99, 89, A0, 9C, 97, 49, 7A, 82, 56, 5C, AC, AD, 66, 62, B6, 3B, 95, 9E, 55, 36, B5, 62, C9, EE, 11, 70, E7, FB, 36, FE, BE, 52, 31, 80, C1, D5, C3, BA, AE, EC, 95, C6, 4A, 89, F6, 2F, D3, BA, 41, 6B, BA, F5, 4E, 64, 74, 9A, A9, FF, 81, C2, B7, D5, 6C, 45, 8A, A0, DE, C4, 77, 5F, 35, 65, CB, 75, BD, CA, 9C, 2F, 9E, 2B, 07, 9A, 9F... 
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Entropy:

7.7366

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

The file wavepad.exe has been discovered within the following program.

WavePad Audio-Editor by NCH Software

www.nch.com.au/wavepad/de/support.html

About 4% of users remove it

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