OpenCandy - 14% Detection Rate *
Did you just stumble upon a download or a file on your computer that has a digital signature from OpenCandy? Some of the security products refers to the detected files as PUP.Optional.OpenCandy and PUP/Win32.OpenCandy. The detection rate for the OpenCandy files collected here is 14%. Please read on for more details.
You'll probably notice OpenCandy when double-clicking to run the file. The publisher name is displayed as the "Verified publisher" in the UAC dialog as the screencap shows:
You can also view the OpenCandy certificate with the following procedure:
- Open up Windows Explorer and locate the OpenCandy file
- Right-click on the file and select Properties
- Click on the Digital Signatures tab
- Click on the View Certificate button
Here is a screenshot of a file digitally signed by OpenCandy:
As you can see in the screenshot above, Windows reports that "This digital signature is OK". This means that the file has been published by OpenCandy and that the file has not been tampered with.
If you click the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above, you can view all the details of the certificate, such as when it was issued, who issued the certificate, how long it is valid, and so on. You can also view the address for OpenCandy, such as the street name, city and country.
COMODO RSA Code Signing CA has issued the OpenCandy certificates. You can also see the details of the issuer by clicking the View Certificate button shown in the screenshot above.
OpenCandy Files
The following are the OpenCandy files I have collected, thanks to the FreeFixer users.
| Detection Ratio | File Name |
|---|---|
| 5/55 | OCComSDK.dll |
| 9/57 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 3/56 | OCComSDK.dll |
| 7/57 | ocp8E6D.tmp |
| 2/56 | du109i.exe |
| 1/55 | du73i.exe |
| 8/56 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 8/55 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 6/57 | du90i.exe |
| 4/57 | dh119a.exe |
| 20/56 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 30/61 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 8/56 | dm317i.exe |
| 13/55 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 10/56 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 6/57 | du84i.exe |
| 5/57 | du90j.exe |
| 6/55 | dh119i.exe |
| 7/57 | dh134i.exe |
| 15/57 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
| 1/56 | OCComSDK.dll |
| 13/56 | OCSetupHlp.dll |
Scanner and Detection Names
Here's the detection names for the OpenCandy files. I've grouped the detection names by each scanner engine. Thanks to VirusTotal for the scan results.
| Scanner | Detection Names |
|---|---|
| AVG | OpenCandy.37B, OpenCandy.D6E, OpenCandy.FF5, OpenCandy.139, Generic.139, OpenCandy.BED |
| AVware | OpenCandy (PUA), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Opencandy (fs) |
| AegisLab | W32.Application.Opencandy!c |
| Agnitum | Riskware.Agent! |
| AhnLab-V3 | PUP/Win32.OpenCandy |
| Antiy-AVL | Trojan/Win32.TSGeneric |
| Avast | Win32:OpenCandy-D [PUP] |
| Avira | PUA/OpenCandy.Gen |
| Baidu-International | Adware.Win32.OpenCandy.C, Adware.Win32.OpenCandy.80, Adware.Win32.OpenCandy.BA, Adware.Win32.OpenCandy.bA |
| CrowdStrike | malicious_confidence_65% (D) |
| Cyren | W32/OpenCandy.A.gen!Eldorado |
| DrWeb | Adware.OpenCandy.146, Adware.OpenCandy.181, Adware.OpenCandy.73, Adware.OpenCandy.137, Adware.OpenCandy.197, Adware.OpenCandy.15, Adware.OpenCandy.55, Adware.OpenCandy.56, Adware.OpenCandy.142 |
| ESET-NOD32 | a variant of Win32/OpenCandy.C potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/OpenCandy.A potentially unsafe, a variant of Win32/OpenCandy.A |
| Emsisoft | Application.OpenCandy (A) |
| F-Prot | W32/OpenCandy.A.gen!Eldorado |
| Fortinet | Riskware/OpenCandy |
| GData | Win32.Application.OpenCandy.O, Win32.Adware.OpenCandy.C, Win32.Application.OpenCandy.A |
| Ikarus | PUA.OpenCandy |
| Invincea | virus.win32.ramnit.j |
| Jiangmin | AdWare/OpenCandy.w, AdWare.OpenCandy.g |
| K7AntiVirus | Unwanted-Program ( 004b90b11 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b8f6f1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b8f671 ) |
| K7GW | Unwanted-Program ( 004b90b11 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b8f6f1 ), Unwanted-Program ( 004b8f671 ) |
| Kaspersky | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OpenCandy.bj |
| Malwarebytes | PUP.Optional.OpenCandy |
| McAfee | Artemis!87FBC335E4B7, Artemis!5B7D751BD2BD, Artemis!143D4B668BDC, Artemis!93976892E7A3, Artemis!A10C86075438, Artemis!2A2CC871B2C2, Artemis!44908CB59513, Artemis!525E7CAF6761, Artemis!FE5414AC8F9E, Artemis!909FF7192595, Artemis!E34769261836, Artemis!9D90D3F3D223, Artemis!083807DA406D |
| McAfee-GW-Edition | Artemis, BehavesLike.Win32.BadFile.ch |
| NANO-Antivirus | Riskware.Win32.OpenCandy.dvwkbi, Riskware.Win32.OpenCandy.eamjqz |
| Paloalto | generic.pup |
| Panda | PUP/OpenCandy, Generic Suspicious |
| Rising | Malware.Undefined!8.C (cloud:05iGE8ZMgqL) |
| SUPERAntiSpyware | PUP.OpenCandy/Variant |
| Sophos | OpenCandy (PUA), OpenCandy |
| TrendMicro | ADW_OPENCANDY |
| TrendMicro-HouseCall | Suspicious_GEN.F47V0303, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0309, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0418, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1104, ADW_OPENCANDY, Suspicious_GEN.F47V1113, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0224, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0311, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0417, Suspicious_GEN.F47V0605 |
| VBA32 | AdWare.OpenCandy |
| VIPRE | OpenCandy (PUA) (not malicious), Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT, Opencandy (fs) |
| Webroot | Pua.Opencandy |
| Yandex | Riskware.Agent! |
| Zillya | Adware.OpenCandy.Win32.478, Adware.OpenCandyCRTD.Win32.8031 |
| ZoneAlarm | not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.OpenCandy.bj |
* How the Detection Percentage is Calculated
The detection percentage is based on that I have collected 1297 scan reports for the OpenCandy files. 187 of these scan reports came up with some sort of detection. You can view the full details of the scan reports by examining the files listed above.
Analysis Details
The analysis has been done on certificates with the following serial numbers:
- 00e3aa1b1ff2195d3f5e635cb4ddd31632
- 7b224ca971e41af3f000be4b05fc833a
- 00d8969d7474f2e05d880a6058a425b9a3
- 00a462388842fe1d1f08612bdbb7211eca
- 132982a2fbdc37fcdc8d57346010bc5f
- 1a4de208e2eaa73d520698e2d08c7d3d
- 59aace402387a76f641aeb61b78f5e5e