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Counter Strike

Sevas-S LLC

The application counter-strike.exe by Sevas-S has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.joydownload.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Sevas-S LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Counter Strike

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
4f210e61a7a136ea1879eb2a0e90a203

SHA-1:
5b56d109400941e9c42e898f0e18ea79f94f8151

SHA-256:
6bc150891fff2423675b72e207e613b15eafce36601feafc288efb89fd5a9161

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/25/2024 6:57:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.OpenCandy
7.1.1

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3398

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1446
9.0.1.0210

ESET NOD32
Win32/JoyDownloader
8.9588

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vlc-2.0.8-win32-aoc-jd.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12128

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OpenCandy
v2014.07.29.11

McAfee
Artemis!4F210E61A7A1
5600.7054

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SevasS.O
14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.OpenCandy!1.9DE5
23.00.65.14727

Sophos
OpenCandy
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.YRVVTZD
37.0.10947

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0416
7.2.210

VIPRE Antivirus
Sevas-S Installer
27720

File size:
475.5 KB (486,872 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\counter-strike.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sevas-S LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/23/2014 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Sevas-S LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Sevas-S LLC, L=Kyiv, S=Kyivska oblast, C=UA

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:
4B35AC223F4DB03D3B4C5368983A4B53

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/20/2013 7:52:54 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uaCVwzvFhjs17FEUDTTup+Ts9PJYz5jtNcB+/TRfYZ:AV8Fhm7FjDHuzJYz5jtXTBYZ

Entry address:
0x31B1

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 92, 42, 00, E8, 90, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 91, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 58, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, C0, 92, 40, 00, 68, A0, 81, 42, 00, E8, FB, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, E9, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8551

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file counter-strike.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/GdOdV2IYnoj-QVb9I0z58g/1399840148/.../3/.../1/Counter-Strike.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/UvhjaNCV5EKf_0WdvA8JIA/1398474195/.../3/.../1/Counter-Strike.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/ov-dkHy2dAo7IzqV4slmhg/1397894269/.../3/.../1/Counter-Strike.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/1xs6KJ3QwHs6_mbNw6fNvg/1400244648/.../3/.../1/Counter-Strike.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/cwL0oZEvkjEuhlhZDwleCw/1398874058/.../3/.../1/Counter-Strike.exe

http://www.joydownload.com/wi/a_fcaCTvLPk4D9uBYL8ZtQ/1399797624/.../3/.../1/Counter-Strike.exe

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