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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. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1.arcadecandy.com.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a2f35d136c92fcfc255f41168112b44d

SHA-1:
a81d7c792c1e5b4c63f1eaf978d31554980d3b6c

SHA-256:
2cb8676aa7764ea220747188d1a6dbb49d8a49071147666ad2e454f3eb84728a

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 8:40:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay.ArcadeCandy (M)
16.2.11.2

File size:
1.5 MB (1,572,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/22/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2013 6:59:59 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:
10/31/2012 3:39:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:02zPRzBPRXdyxQYrIDymaTZrIDR1gmILjhsJwMMwZ2TAbEr1ggIifNKNRf9Zo:02jRtlFDB1HIL14MuqiEWs1KNfO

Entry address:
0xF459

Entry point:
E8, 30, 37, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, B0, 40, 43, 00, E8, 3D, 13, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 3C, 08, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 98, B3, 43, 00, BA, 94, B3, 43, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, 76, EB, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, 6D, EB, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 13, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 07, 07, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.8290  (probably packed)

Code size:
161 KB (164,864 bytes)

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

http://d1.arcadecandy.com/setup/.../ArcadeCandyGames.exe

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