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gamessetup.exe

The application gamessetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 18 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. 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 games.mysearchdial.com.
MD5:
e5631919b557d4110eeb7ee80fd7c7cd

SHA-1:
36289daf6e2e8790feaa9c16ddc80fd13864ffc5

SHA-256:
01c08fcd32e9b1fff0ea4a6b09b9104d9c71f8a9ad029d3b884e77cbe932040f

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
4/19/2024 6:46:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IWc@7qgi
836

AegisLab AV Signature
ADWARE-InstallCore.Gen7
2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Spy.720273
7.11.180.70

AVG
Adware InstallCore.VE
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IWc@7qgi
1.0.20.1470

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IWc@7qgi
14.10.21

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IWc@7qgi
11.2014-21-10_3

G Data
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IWc@7qgi
14.10.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.184.13741

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IWc@7qgi
15.0.0.882

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnbho
0.28.2.62841

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141019

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
33706

File size:
703.4 KB (720,273 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\gamessetup.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rNkOyMJfsG9b9k9dSw4XIVEm13AwLyL3XYzJFUOAhFoUxBBrd3zK6ocm7boG/bTi:2OyMJfsmpKsH8Em1wwyEzJFUOAhFhTK4

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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Entropy:
7.8487

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file gamessetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://games.mysearchdial.com/.../?gid=642550

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