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cheatengine-setup.exe

TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

The application cheatengine-setup.exe by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE 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 Tomorrow Software Installer installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.mirror1.info.
Publisher:
Mobile Lightspeed Software Installer  (signed by TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE)

Product:
Mobile Lightspeed Software Installer

Version:
56.7.5.8972

MD5:
d0dedb7592067c5145e879d0a9fd888d

SHA-1:
61ba3bb9e189b799fc66b371d2fffcb3de70b87d

SHA-256:
67e082e96dd03cfc69d542c3762822b9cc698d665671af3753f34a23a71c29b4

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 9:53:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.TRUSTEDI.Bundler (M)
16.6.13.12

File size:
879.6 KB (900,680 bytes)

Product version:
56.7.5.8972

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\cheatengine-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, O=TRUSTED INSTALL SOFTWARE, L=San Francisco, 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:
2A889382754355CE927EAE3A2EA732CB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/31/2014 8:16:31 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MiQzT54uBJ7Lxy+JVxkSZqdQSw5ATqOPWdVsO:0nrJ7TJrZ2/w5ATHgVR

Entry address:
0xD1EE

Entry point:
E8, 40, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 70, A2, 44, 00, 89, 0D, 6C, A2, 44, 00, 89, 15, 68, A2, 44, 00, 89, 1D, 64, A2, 44, 00, 89, 35, 60, A2, 44, 00, 89, 3D, 5C, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 88, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 7C, A2, 44, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 58, A2, 44, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9594  (probably packed)

Code size:
54 KB (55,296 bytes)

The file cheatengine-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.mirror1.info/download/.../dl?bc=1114208&pid=rockybytes&brand=es.rockybytes.com&country=MX&variation=chwebsite&cb=-417673837&filename=cheatengine-setup.exe&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1188159

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