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candyupdate.exe

Arcade Candy

The application candyupdate.exe by Arcade Candy has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1.arcadecandy.com.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fa9e1e225ededae549ab9b4e5210dfad

SHA-1:
efea165e30c882975d9efd0ccc05c66116b09d9a

SHA-256:
fbda7c3ce55c76fd18c0d496f1d2f67ee355d6084a5fdcb4905d7c6d82a1b846

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 4:43:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Norman
ArcadeCandy.A
11.20141119

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArcadeCandy.L
14.11.19.9

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0925
7.2.323

VIPRE Antivirus
GameVance
22700

File size:
665.2 KB (681,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\candyupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/16/2014 5:59:59 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:
798313D6E0E88E3C9A4F20DA27DC5534

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/23/2013 3:41:45 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:VLvOANbtaB5kSjoBBIJs8JkTe6nRvTxD3/4Tl57A7HqBg:VL2sbtK2ukTe6pTx0T7A7KBg

Entry address:
0x50502

Entry point:
E8, 78, 5C, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 66, 0F, EF, C0, 51, 53, 8B, C1, 83, E0, 0F, 85, C0, 75, 7F, 8B, C2, 83, E2, 7F, C1, E8, 07, 74, 37, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 66, 0F, 7F, 01, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 10, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 20, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 30, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 40, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 50, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 60, 66, 0F, 7F, 41, 70, 8D, 89, 80, 00, 00, 00, 48, 75, D0, 85, D2, 74, 37, 8B, C2, C1, E8, 04, 74, 0F, EB, 03, 8D, 49, 00, 66, 0F, 7F, 01, 8D, 49, 10, 48, 75, F6, 83, E2, 0F, 74, 1C, 8B, C2, 33, DB, C1, EA, 02...
 
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Entropy:
7.1701

Code size:
366 KB (374,784 bytes)

The file candyupdate.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://d1.arcadecandy.com/update/.../ArcadeCandyUpdate.exe

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