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cakeshop.exe

Cake Shop

GamesPub Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application cakeshop.exe, “Cake Shop Setup ” by GamesPub has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer.
Publisher:
GamesPub Ltd.   (signed by GamesPub Ltd)

Product:
Cake Shop

Description:
Cake Shop Setup

MD5:
48b371946d56667eec278d74a10563b3

SHA-1:
6a9decbba528f09bf9558b0be3bff1e24bbf0d65

SHA-256:
62bc876682c8dcd204f56ca2a16bc041d1fd22a452da72f50aac0cdf8a1144bf

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.

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:
4/23/2024 8:58:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GamesPub.Installer (M)
16.2.15.9

File size:
12.4 MB (12,955,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GamesPub Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/12/2013 12:00:30 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2016 12:00:30 AM

Subject:
CN=GamesPub Ltd, O=GamesPub Ltd, L=Victoria, S=Mahe, C=SC

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

Serial number:
11216D6AAAF9A1C6D0048136671D0837834D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/9/2012 3:48:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:HuSNaLdkiQRRu1Ra+ixC/zD7HMxKkI9hsAVOBCY6f:HlNSgRu1PixC/zQIDWA

Entry address:
0xF3BC

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, 64, ED, 40, 00, E8, E8, 71, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 89, FA, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 45, FA, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 3B, 41, 00, E8, BE, F7, FF, FF, E8, 65, F3, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, F7, C3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 4C, 66, 41, 00, E8, 6A, 58, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 4C, 66, 41, 00, B2, 01...
 
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Entropy:
7.9964

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
59 KB (60,416 bytes)

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