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gamessetup.exe

The application gamessetup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 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:
ae5f3d3adc53af1378f46864d6e9cc3c

SHA-1:
8b6ac27e8a5474a7c6f6fd94ec12e5d0bcacdfa9

SHA-256:
2143d7c98f682d71c2d4e4d23b8dcaf3935ddf692cd6cf59b2c2e36406ffbf4c

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/23/2024 11:50:46 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IG8jseei
5813571

AVG
Adware InstallCore.VE
2015.0.4477

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IG8jseei
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.3536.0

Norman
Gen:Trojan.Heur.RGZ@IG8jseei
18.01.2016 17:20:53

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
46590

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 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PNkOyMJfsG9b9k9dSw4XIVEm13AwLyL3XYzJFUOAhFoUxBBrd3zK6ocm7boG/bTi:qOyMJfsmpKsH8Em1wwyEzJFUOAhFhTK4

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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