cityville hack gold cash level xp energy__2681_i336505601_il2062201.exe

Installer

The application cityville hack gold cash level xp energy__2681_i336505601_il2062201.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. It bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install. The file has been seen being downloaded from download-instantly.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Product:
Installer

Version:
1.1.5.90

MD5:
bb642371cfd80a425aab4a9845d24a71

SHA-1:
d03046ab28c1c854ae0b173bac72891368ed2048

SHA-256:
56a63a0f15e94c4e88d6e7d6dba6b1dafe6f9c33dbb3f47999f286ce888c2a84

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 8:06:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Amonetiz
2014.02.08

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.130.36

avast!
Win32:Amonetize-E [PUP]
2014.9-140208

AVG
Generic_r
2015.0.3570

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Amonetize
4.0.3.1428

ESET NOD32
Win32/Amonetize.AE (variant)
8.9397

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Amonetize
v2014.02.08.06

McAfee
Artemis!BB642371CFD8
5600.7226

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0206
7.2.39

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
26258

XVirus List
Win.Detected
2.3.31

File size:
326 KB (333,824 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.12

Copyright:
(c) 2012,2013. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cityville hack gold cash level xp energy__2681_i336505601_il2062201.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/6/2014 4:41:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:19DGT4tc6WpCIe2b8aAt74pHBpxPoRz0eCQdCLIfEb0Mwqf0WwmEA4cDps:19aT4ttW8Ie2oaAt74phpxjsMIfZMTBh

Entry address:
0x275D4

Entry point:
E8, 9A, 95, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 57, 8B, C6, 83, E0, 0F, 85, C0, 0F, 85, C1, 00, 00, 00, 8B, D1, 83, E1, 7F, C1, EA, 07, 74, 65, EB, 06, 8D, 9B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 66, 0F, 6F, 06, 66, 0F, 6F, 4E, 10, 66, 0F, 6F, 56, 20, 66, 0F, 6F, 5E, 30, 66, 0F, 7F, 07, 66, 0F, 7F, 4F, 10, 66, 0F, 7F, 57, 20, 66, 0F, 7F, 5F, 30, 66, 0F, 6F, 66, 40, 66, 0F, 6F, 6E, 50, 66, 0F, 6F, 76, 60, 66, 0F, 6F, 7E, 70, 66, 0F, 7F, 67, 40, 66, 0F, 7F, 6F, 50, 66, 0F, 7F, 77, 60, 66, 0F, 7F, 7F, 70, 8D, B6, 80, 00, 00, 00, 8D, BF...
 
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Code size:
231.5 KB (237,056 bytes)

The file cityville hack gold cash level xp energy__2681_i336505601_il2062201.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 13 URLs.

http://download-instantly.com/isn/js/https://secure.driversupport.com/direct/.../driversupport.exe

http://download-instantly.com/isn/js/http://download.uniblue.com/cm/pcproblem/speedupmypc/banner1/.../speedupmypc.exe

http://q=http://.../1gsVOjC

http://q=http://.../1btNPP4

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)