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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:
50d5dcae5270a32c2b4227a6664af3e8

SHA-1:
da24681c658b1da655531f7050ae37d68a028c4c

SHA-256:
6f1c3a748617f5d2dc1d433dac4b2a6649e99eafac2ce005e26e6d119a447e6b

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 12:03:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay (M)
17.3.13.5

File size:
911.4 KB (933,320 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 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:
4/9/2012 4:04:37 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x59FA

Entry point:
E8, FD, 24, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 60, BA, 41, 00, E8, C4, 03, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, 44, 09, 42, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, E7, 26, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 0F, 27, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, 30, 27, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, D3, 25, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, CC, F8, 41, 00, FF, 15, A0, 71, 41, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, 83, 05, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8289  (probably packed)

Code size:
85 KB (87,040 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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