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Open Source Developer

The application windowscodec.exe, “My Program Setup ” by Open Source Developer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from windowsetup.com.
Publisher:
Open Source Developer  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
73a54f13f75b193bb3490b6f7c5a85dd

SHA-1:
efa109ee917240fa9a74fe423628199d91c502ef

SHA-256:
18d568e920fc84ffa62b4e928ff4f025fd27c7f529788498fceb8051aa257708

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 1:53:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.168.100

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1492

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PZ (variant)
8.10286

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
9/2/2014

McAfee
Artemis!73A54F13F75B
5600.7019

Sophos
Generic PUA OP
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10384

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0806
7.2.245

File size:
769.9 KB (788,368 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Open Source Developer

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
11/14/2013 11:54:26 AM

Valid to:
11/14/2014 11:54:26 AM

Subject:
E=admin@mediacodec.org, CN=Open Source Developer, OU=Software Publishing, O=Open Source Developer, C=PL

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

Serial number:
39A416F8FFA5E48B147ADBE062E63C90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qQevvpWmhlqhY8qxilYks25IxCAd07RUwipD55DbQc+:qQ+vwmTx765IxC20ytN55l+

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://windowsetup.com/.../?product=wecp&ad=codec&io=A004

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-30-226-196.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.30.226.196:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-30-150-214.eu-west-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.30.150.214:80)

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