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arcadecandyupdate.exe

Arcade Candy

The application arcadecandyupdate.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:
868583580bc3149ec9bd5a7958ebfe23

SHA-1:
c76aa7be1c03d9cd620700a60b01f7cefe2c8cf6

SHA-256:
c4cbd5ce683588017af7aa920c31c0661e7507f704a64fb8ae111142c8078c40

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:
4/23/2024 9:05:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay.ArcadeCandy (M)
15.12.7.17

File size:
818.2 KB (837,800 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/16/2014 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:
798313D6E0E88E3C9A4F20DA27DC5534

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/1/2013 2:42:22 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:SORVa+n5J3PpuEv2XPKMxj4oeaxT9Fdb8by3/M7qRhFUPUtO8zUrUA6c7:XaqXPputKMb7lJ8b/72hisIeA6

Entry address:
0x51943

Entry point:
E8, F0, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 68, D4, 46, 00, E8, 97, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 05, 41, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 2C, 2C, 47, 00, BA, 28, 2C, 47, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, BB, C8, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, B2, C8, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 86, 26, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, D1, 3F, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24...
 
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Entropy:
6.5733

Code size:
379 KB (388,096 bytes)

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