dark times setup.exe

Dark Times

Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited

The application dark times setup.exe, “Dark Times Setup ” by Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.creagames.com.
Publisher:
CreaGames   (signed by Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited)

Product:
Dark Times

Description:
Dark Times Setup

MD5:
4cf9b210da6832fa37879d27d19fa07e

SHA-1:
ba5b2c55b71d926eff84ed5c2b03711fecf22867

SHA-256:
e14bb2d4f5da7f5f8bb9ef9418f6450714b11c00deac63e4d2d978431710483e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
7/5/2025 5:04:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.29.9

File size:
4.9 MB (5,145,000 bytes)

Product version:
0.5.9.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/14/2016 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/14/2018 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited, OU=程序部, O=Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited, L=西安, S=陕西, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
467519842E1BABA70771EA1D1A83B888

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

The file dark times setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

https://www.creagames.com/.../Dark Times Setup.exe

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