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candy cruncher 1.57.exe

The application candy cruncher 1.57.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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.8appstore.net.
MD5:
bfb539ef4f9dcb511fdd7d818e8fbfa7

SHA-1:
74355b7fff187e7d28cb112289327ec14cb61641

SHA-256:
3187a73cef710c26ed64710bc21f1c60d3a47208ec2d03c0a35a6e4b151a344e

Scanner detections:
8 / 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.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 2:29:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.133
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-42c63c6c
v6.4.7.1.166

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14729

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10451

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
27922

File size:
697.2 KB (713,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\candy cruncher 1.57.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XMJfsG+jgKVZVYOgQ5wXTV/G5gIs/kkIjFR0x757cRjRfni1c4TtqD:XMJfshjgIVYtXTV/1IqM0jIhQ

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7970

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file candy cruncher 1.57.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.8appstore.net/.../downloadfile.html?swid=577411

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