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cheatengine62.exe

Cheat Engine 6.2

Dark Byte

The application cheatengine62.exe, “Cheat Engine 6.2 Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
Dark Byte

Product:
Cheat Engine 6.2

Description:
Cheat Engine 6.2 Setup

MD5:
a82690b6973fe0e3ef9588fed1c7ed9f

SHA-1:
283a7be937614ff4c2fcd0931b78a98c38748ce2

SHA-256:
a73ec22240d3a28611ac3e7a6530fb9405b918dccd86807f3675b06722008069

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 7:16:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/OpenCandy.Gen
8.3.2.4

AVG
OpenCandy
2016.0.2914

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/OpenCandy potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.OpenCandy
15.11.25

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OpenCandy.dwzazk
0.30.26.4751

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Eorezo.Win32.17639
2.0.0.2527

File size:
6.9 MB (7,277,568 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cheatengine62.exe

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):
196608:O18LY6zBq+agenoAZi9WDOi9KdugWmtHJ:swRA+KZZiQSeAugWeHJ

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file cheatengine62.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://mirror3.cheatengine.org/.../CheatEngine62.exe

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