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arcadecandygames.exe

Arcade Candy

The application arcadecandygames.exe by Arcade Candy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
41ad0704fdba2699d719b974afd23db6

SHA-1:
9b0f522d7643475e6ce92b5dd01d63d3ef566a6d

SHA-256:
31e27d2409e62beae5f68797ef50fceb9a2d737228bb0dc2b35d7ccfa225c4bb

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.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:49:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay (M)
17.3.14.20

File size:
800.4 KB (819,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\arcadecandygames.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/22/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Arcade Candy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Arcade Candy, L=Irvine, 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:
43CB896C9AC049E1F87B8C09D8A61299

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2012 6:07:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x687A

Entry point:
E8, 4D, 44, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 98, CC, 41, 00, E8, 8C, 34, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, C0, 3C, 42, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 7E, 29, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 85, 31, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 98, 34, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 79, 28, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 83, FE, E0, 0F, 87, A1, 00, 00, 00, 53, 57, 8B, 3D, 60, 80, 41, 00, 83, 3D, 14, 18, 42, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 17, 3C, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8886  (probably packed)

Code size:
89 KB (91,136 bytes)

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