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big-fish-games-game-manager.exe

UpdateStar GmbH

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application big-fish-games-game-manager.exe by UpdateStar GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.updatestar.com.
Publisher:
UpdateStar GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
55d7892ab8effcd8718409f748773b0a

SHA-1:
420e64326fbac71c380374a45374f7836e80cddf

SHA-256:
9b23206ef86bd96c7b7db6138cd3498a9b06df41f4b8e19b0a77ef9df1b45b7f

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 6:46:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.MulDrop
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.169
7.11.145.0

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3495

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18156

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0113

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.LX (variant)
8.9713

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11861

Reason Heuristics
PUP.UpdateStarGmbH.BB
14.4.23.15

Sophos
Install Core Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore.ba
28542

File size:
668.1 KB (684,088 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\big-fish-games-game-manager.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
UpdateStar GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/1/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/2/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=UpdateStar GmbH, O=UpdateStar GmbH, STREET=Hauptstraße 20, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10827, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
009ED227324380B40DDE36C8D31A33831F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fEnvpPgfwvLYDZtzRgNoU+9qu9OToO6bXUk+t3Nbsd2T33v3ldbrT:fEnvtiwTYDZtzWoL9qmOsOn9Ad2T33v3

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8033

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file big-fish-games-game-manager.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.updatestar.com/.../2048933

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