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candy crush saga-setup.exe

DownloadShield

The application candy crush saga-setup.exe by DownloadShield has been detected as adware 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freegamer.info and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address ps533545.dreamhost.com on port 443.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aee0a36888cef5cf570329adcdeeada4

SHA-1:
c6ed900e07f8ee074be49ecbf3194f5d46e6d5b0

SHA-256:
0d1f412e75cbb9151a6a383f28c79904301da7fec09fb28de19497749b14dc2d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
5/8/2024 12:47:20 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.29.10

File size:
285.4 KB (292,248 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\candy crush saga-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, 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:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/3/2015 10:43:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x31FD

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, F0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 83, F8, 06, 74, 11, 53, E8, F3, 26, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, E8, 73, 40, 00, E8, 74, 26, 00, 00, 68, E0, 73, 40, 00, E8, 6A, 26, 00, 00, 68, D4, 73, 40, 00, E8, 60, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, BC, 26, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.8211

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file candy crush saga-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.freegamer.info/.../Candy Crush Saga-setup.exe

http://www.freegamer.info/.../download

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ps533545.dreamhost.com  (64.111.117.81:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to p3nlhg686c1686.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net  (50.62.103.1:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to static.rcn.com  (207.172.193.34:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-141-239.sfo5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.141.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 72-45-50-168-static.gsv.md.atlanticbb.net  (72.45.50.168:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-93.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.93:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-33-132.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.33.132:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-246-150.sfo20.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.246.150:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-17-163-8.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.163.8:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-16-6-185.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.16.6.185:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-3-13-195.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.3.13.195:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-15-8-19.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.15.8.19:80)

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