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armageddonracers.exe

Gamehitzone Inc.

The application armageddonracers.exe by Gamehitzone has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 clicktracker.nzn.me and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
GameHitZone.com   (signed by Gamehitzone Inc.)

MD5:
01ac9fcaa79e6b02e3832100819d434a

SHA-1:
02336c5fef03c7bd79e8bc04d280944b5c472bcf

SHA-256:
a064b61ed7a155d5e8dad4a1b4e0c301176358c5bb0a858c0d3518d8a36db1b2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 2:59:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Gamehitzone.Installer (M)
16.1.24.14

File size:
58.3 MB (61,155,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gamehitzone Inc.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/3/2014 12:33:05 PM

Valid to:
1/3/2018 1:33:05 PM

Subject:
E=abuse@gamehitzone.com, CN=Gamehitzone Inc., O=Gamehitzone Inc., L=Belize City, S=Belize, C=BZ

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11212DA109C716E14D8F300F2D8DD9ACEBA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/13/2013 5:19:32 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
1572864:k5sM2yEcX5jjMk+iKkSa7Fpcoku12gU6e212+1QfzT2:c6cX5b/KkRf111+UoeQfz6

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
63.5 KB (65,024 bytes)

The file armageddonracers.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://clicktracker.nzn.me/K7a6wcNUox

http://www.gamehitzone.com/.../armageddon-racers-downloader2.exe

http://armageddon-racers.fr.softonic.com/.../6CH9aeXedl4L8u BHNJXWTW LP1LFlnGQpxqjlxAMCwgnP4SN6ceDryJz7PbJv3FQNYWEuR8Z8QB0MlMcx9zkocsbLl1vUqBQN5oNz0hejpkr7HReuUz0R389a4CjrqBo8o v1nHIZIzzkS8AWsCMtBfm sjicPJJqRkeeMBE=

http://dl.gamehitzone.com/ArmageddonRacers.exe

http://www.gamehitzone.com/.../ArmageddonRacers.exe

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