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8 ball pool-download.exe

DownloadShield

The file 8 ball pool-download.exe by DownloadShield has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freegamer.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
1e03954083f47d83a4121974fb25c148

SHA-1:
77d59f4bfd6c39b67d1dd0647b8c09cfa6fa72af

SHA-256:
40a9fa7e7249aa7b699b362db1673020dff96ad3e018970620a2e071a8792acd

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle various unwanted software without adequate user consent.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:24:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
MultiBundle
2016.0.2911

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Dloader.dvvnkj
0.30.26.4751

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadShield.Installer (M)
15.11.29.11

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadShield
45378

File size:
353 KB (361,520 bytes)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\8 ball pool-download.exe.tasov0g.partial

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/9/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
309C9F4C0975E9792AECED60B8346C13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2014 9:10:25 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:b6Aouc4OrPB2+Lufqj+LjmgaDGosFDv6BtgZHbGYXwj5484rLfG:wDF2+qC+C9ios1G2ZyYXU4f2

Entry address:
0x31E8

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8720

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file 8 ball pool-download.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.freegamer.info/.../download

http://www.freegamer.info/.../8 Ball Pool-Download.exe

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