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Arcade Candy

The application candyremove.exe by Arcade Candy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This file is typically installed with the program ArcadeCandy by ArcadeCandy LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a8ba082976b6ba69857c6187b5fbc241

SHA-1:
a2f114613dbfdae69c6b7128460fab1b153f1f60

SHA-256:
248a0d47a3afef1a007cd1f598337f02fba4ec9b394bfe2e316fa0dc0190d9ff

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:
4/24/2024 5:37:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArcadeCandy.L
14.7.31.23

File size:
150.2 KB (153,768 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\arcadecandy\candyremove.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/22/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Arcade Candy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Arcade Candy, L=Irvine, 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:
43CB896C9AC049E1F87B8C09D8A61299

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/9/2012 8:07:41 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:ZnngdLQlDhOji+qwoKVMC8Fq5oVp5MjIlziBccipnS+CuntDUBBLz:ZgdLQWrqRq5oYcJfntDApz

Entry address:
0x4A73

Entry point:
E8, 34, 1B, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 38, 67, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 34, 67, 41, 00, 89, 15, 30, 67, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 2C, 67, 41, 00, 89, 35, 28, 67, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 24, 67, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 50, 67, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 44, 67, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 20, 67, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 1C, 67, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, 18, 67, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, 14, 67, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 48, 67, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 3C, 67, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 40, 67, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 4C, 67, 41...
 
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Entropy:
6.8286

Code size:
57 KB (58,368 bytes)

The file candyremove.exe has been discovered within the following program.

ArcadeCandy  by ArcadeCandy LLC
From the EULA: "Premium Games are offered free of charge at the Site in exchange for your agreement to install ArcadeCandy Software (the "Software").
arcadecandy.com
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