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f1-challenge.exe

Duck Play, LLC.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application f1-challenge.exe by Duck Play 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-mm1.com.

File name:

f1-challenge.exe

Publisher:

Duck Play, LLC. (signed and verified)

MD5:

cd80cd26c12460ac45240915d6c380cb

SHA-1:

a30f9bfaf7b614411cfb70692d921ba15fc36191

SHA-256:

fcce171f7763fb356fddfa9ec4093ffd8c33e86b7f5288afaef9ff98e3c4c586

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.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

4/18/2024 3:10:56 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

16.8.10.12

File size:

755.5 KB (773,592 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\f1-challenge.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Duck Play, LLC.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

12/6/2012 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/6/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN="Duck Play, LLC.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Duck Play, LLC.", L=Plantation, S=Florida, C=US

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:

61BB10A02680B1BE9CBF105FD54BEAAA

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:YyMJfsG/kRkbi0Fap0b4+A6AMj01tJEIJ3zVrByPeU/81MHNO56yLIeaj2DSLxm3:YyMJfsuf4T6AnXj5hF7U/8y06yLIeKLb

Entry address:

0x98CC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8... 
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Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file f1-challenge.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-mm1.com/dl.php?dl=mm/mm_17947_v1.exe&dn=f1-challenge.exe&sid=1579-br&pid=1514&browser=ch&ptrk=hiicp84qcsk6vud62akisfs911&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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