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biggamecountdown.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

The application biggamecountdown.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from ak.imgfarm.com.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fdcd247194b60d4a32b67eabd20d4ae4

SHA-1:
bb2d6898e8abf892fa43ed116bf01e4ce63e7ae8

SHA-256:
a8823b00c4c1a7db01dff61940dba5fdf8050480c90c93529856aecc5676d439

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:
4/23/2024 9:10:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark.MindsparkInteractiveNetwork (M)
16.1.28.21

File size:
432.9 KB (443,272 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/9/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/6/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:
098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/10/2014 5:08:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:QPlCsb8LEMNvqC6w7H002LOcfZYEvM6uWzRP+nNdPQhz8ii:Qt/qPA06rZvbh0nNoz8ii

Entry address:
0x280C

Entry point:
E8, DE, 25, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 56, FF, 75, 0C, 8D, 4D, E8, E8, 40, FB, FF, FF, 8B, 5D, 08, BE, 00, 01, 00, 00, 3B, DE, 73, 54, 8B, 4D, E8, 83, B9, AC, 00, 00, 00, 01, 7E, 14, 8D, 45, E8, 50, 6A, 01, 53, E8, 51, 15, 00, 00, 8B, 4D, E8, 83, C4, 0C, EB, 0D, 8B, 81, C8, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B7, 04, 58, 83, E0, 01, 85, C0, 74, 0F, 8B, 81, CC, 00, 00, 00, 0F, B6, 04, 18, E9, A3, 00, 00, 00, 80, 7D, F4, 00, 74, 07, 8B, 45, F0, 83, 60, 70, FD, 8B, C3, E9, 9C, 00, 00, 00, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.9201

Code size:
25.5 KB (26,112 bytes)

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

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/224262862.YYA.1/.../BigGameCountdown.exe

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