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candy-shot.exe

Play Turtle, LLC

The application candy-shot.exe by Play Turtle has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Play Turtle, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e065cf88fe5a8fb914ada687f1a30083

SHA-1:
9d2bc34e1e8988e9075c88f0bbfe164cd12d63b3

SHA-256:
a753cfc2d184272ef379b3b4c7cb52a7d9349fe99ffc890eb7c7fdaf7106c115

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 3:06:05 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Spy.781904
3.6.1.96

AVG
InstallC
2016.0.3153

Bitdefender
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.VGZ@biJpIdfi
1.0.20.455

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.EA
20185

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.091

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.VGZ@biJpIdfi
8.15.04.01.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.VGZ@biJpIdfi
11.2015-06-07_2

G Data
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.VGZ@bqcvgMki
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vampire-girl-dress-up.exe (Adware)
2015.7.6.5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14120

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.VGZ@biJpIdfi
16.0.0.561

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PlayTurtle
15.4.1.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.15330

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786818
35088

File size:
763.6 KB (781,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\candy-shot.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Play Turtle, LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/7/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Play Turtle, LLC", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Play Turtle, LLC", L=Plantation, S=Florida, 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:
5B14229E477C93B843C75DB94F3318D0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:DIkOyMJfsG2+gLXpE804WMoSeBSr+X09dRvMPUahtP2u3CY20B4kimmOWhryxYR0:DBOyMJfs/nZE4WMoSeBSr+E9Isahx2yt

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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