aliceandthemagicgardens.exe

Statscom

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application aliceandthemagicgardens.exe by Statscom has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.mirror6.net.
Publisher:
Statscom  (signed and verified)

MD5:
47ec1022aadb13597c5058d2d87648fe

SHA-1:
36ec5a3a14334d721e8dc9dd64882db545a30c89

SHA-256:
c5dfb45d059658a163b6be4018a1acfefdb61bacb0c19fed5edc5063be225863

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 2:35:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope.Statscom.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.15

File size:
824.5 KB (844,264 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/22/2017 4:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Statscom, O=Statscom, L=SAN FRANCISCO, 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:
168FC1E941808849273C2F629E69FF2D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/15/2014 8:59:31 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IxpJfslZtuaVd9lpmhwQbift489IVGD4xJFl6Xqb5Kbmkg8S7:Mp9sVuaVdvgVbmgGDijyikg57

Entry address:
0x3345

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2E, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1F, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0D, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4918

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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