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GamesZing

The application gameszing.exe by GamesZing 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from gameszing.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
GamesZing  (signed and verified)

MD5:
24e43af95ba153ea3d41aa7365bfb34b

SHA-1:
7d17466155ccb5164f9b74e02f334d6b20c46495

SHA-256:
f10a16bea9de5f835ab0e5409e5fed03405f79bf87bd0ca214e539eb423375df

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 9:27:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GamesZing.Installer (M)
16.2.19.23

File size:
85.7 KB (87,728 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GamesZing

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/7/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/7/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GamesZing, O=GamesZing, L=Tustin, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
62BFA94B0C1A7F1A1CF1236208E6068A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:6QpQ5EP0ijnRTXJ5e5yp9FmKpc4VRgsch005rfJUhs:6QIURTXJ8Qpr1SAEj5hUhs

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0516

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gameszing.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://gameszing.com/zing/pageclk.php?clk=OTQ2MTEyNzY2OK6yVu2YdGOpbZ7xAjI3f40eLOq4zBT52EGbyQiQhx6wxkkFDWt8fCVuA/F8ssYLtvjKBeo8oMeAEEiRA3XqEMOAgxa7bCewh6vL4wPvoexVrfQEJlxGwK2PyfSrRFL/.../S5AQ0lyH2EzmF6C0EaMHTm7 eaZYK9ayPrUzD3y0&c=gameId270

http://gameszing.com/zing/pageclk.php?clk=YTM2Nzk0MDI4NTh7G4RHWxdQFmQFuXSoJDz3uDxNgK5vLkGU4SCZscK/gwz1MYtjfq0wQ wbGT Yx2z0gK/eCy/.../ fdwxzGkXSOk8BfNXRN03PBC77kwSqwYHD9GwngeAmJZR8ZqcFr1WKZG1xl4vchIQvE6LPsZArA==

http://gameszing.com/zing/pageclk.php?clk=YTQwODY5MDY1ODB7G4RHWxdQFoGX6JQ HYf8GvLj2HBFOa/m41BUjqS 7RzFxgVz/ NLW7IMM6nyLnaJBREvj4BVgH1N/ZCM2RjWoZzPJZF2a6z8dAVfdoenFYkm mjyLcsyD2rJvK4N1a/.../xE0fVwRrQ==

http://gameszing.com/zing/.../63zgGicYBI78bf4Ezytn9COntd 2hpWHSukxddmyH5kQohIIfVlf6vxug==&c=gameId701

http://gameszing.com/zing/pageclk.php?clk=YTM4ODE3MTQzNTQUUjv7wBngueSAuP/.../bnCppQu4r32nL1PsMb3zFnhN2Yv9s1ZDCES2aMTV0NadZFSWNi17rjpkvdoDQduXxK2alWpEg1BCjfzrqlkt uA9qLiSTr5mnkYydtk3JqVkxheGIedp0dfmw3PmjIOUCpDiu4ApH90nd5mA6PIqMA==&c=gameId270

http://fhty.gameszing.com/zing/.../5med2IWRGN2RCaFklO19sumNueef4KnRFQ05Rj5Syo7H6hbHY7foh0pEHb10SIk8iaxQ3mk7z A2fScnrQNW3H92gVFG03sxu38pCrg==

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