counter-strike.exe

Counter Strike

Innovative Systems LLC

The application counter-strike.exe by Innovative Systems 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from counterstrike.joydownload.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Innovative Systems LLC  (signed and verified)

Product:
Counter Strike

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
f29f2e88235e2df599c91fc92aaae87f

SHA-1:
df1b65dfbe4596fff22b96d5a5f36f48c248697f

SHA-256:
0f20b1d16c94fd3958bcc5edaa31a7b1f65325c4672b41a07a0fa189e116afc2

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.

Analysis date:
5/3/2024 7:24:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Innovati.Installer (M)
16.4.3.4

File size:
496.8 KB (508,680 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
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/18/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/19/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Innovative Systems LLC, O=Innovative Systems LLC, L=Dnepropetrovsk, S=Dnepropetrovska, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
09A91C40EAE34E72CD975B0B218AE4BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/19/2013 8:52:48 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:jQiPN36CFqtuH9UrjdbcYibXUllqr98oVvNk0Z:siR6CFF0dbcYyklo8o9NkI

Entry address:
0x331F

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, 30, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, D8, 7A, 7A, 00, E8, A8, 2E, 00, 00, A3, 24, 7A, 7A, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, D0, EE, 79, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 7C, 93, 40, 00, 68, 20, 6A, 7A, 00, E8, 13, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 20, 7B, 00, 50, 53, E8, 01, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file counter-strike.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://counterstrike.joydownload.com/get_azure_file/wUiS4WnYccXAwj 1RrjxCgghkkVxZmbzR1 xcteQv A8/yOn9np5iNEIJ1Xmabr1O3uuyxdSM2OGCb3 W/VrkvAlhpqPDE b/izyHhWo/SX73reS6puByjZZqtY6hV9QAin7Xms3hshq9CrwSGKLS/9Wy83zdG5TerJrJRkEcKX0XGg/IZrcLVgoiqv2EyYlcIDyw Z2BG2woAyWwKp D9G3ccqkfQIDmp/.../FlXtNOokw2wO7h 1CalCd0Et5OpSDrjsZuCmCgybPVJQ44vbDdj6aDyDxE4hBe01t9HFi3oDgr44JDmzR1hemDP 2AV18vSInnl

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