cakeshop3setup.exe

Cake Shop 3

GamesPub Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application cakeshop3setup.exe, “Cake Shop 3 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 3

Description:
Cake Shop 3 Setup

MD5:
2f232fe99d5bdd99535ba89704bd401c

SHA-1:
051152b27192e23b37c383e64afccf1d2e22caf6

SHA-256:
eb0992ccc55658958ac9880e8d1f54d02b9b16358b6da34fe1816bf1b6b05714

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 4:04:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GamesPub.Installer (M)
16.2.15.8

File size:
61.4 MB (64,397,080 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\1\cakeshop3setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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):
1572864:rdwmj4qn7vgtfYVzlXpNp4fOUKcL2bbBSa9pGDY:Zj4qnbBlXpNpsOUKcLaBT

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:
7.9991

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
59 KB (60,416 bytes)

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