gamingcandygames.exe

GamingCandy

The application gamingcandygames.exe by GamingCandy 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 pofj.gamingcandy.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
GamingCandy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
be72cca228ed74e537a2ddc6eeaee354

SHA-1:
cd1156524b3b8d3a08ff8baeb319be75d1e84d5d

SHA-256:
63e7432b5fce06669c090e7fec2f8af70b6a753d35efc9fd7e25599221f4165a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 6:22:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GamingCandy.Installer (M)
15.11.5.16

File size:
71.5 KB (73,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/24/2015 3:13:29 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 3:13:29 PM

Subject:
CN=GamingCandy, O=GamingCandy, L=Sacramento, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA440524F66114476B688D8F46FA99C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:OQpQ5EP0ijnRTXJovHNXKQCDOCZwrh9LyOaNfDq:OQIURTXJ8tXhrh9LyBV+

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:
7.4069

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gamingcandygames.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 35 URLs.

http://pofj.gamingcandy.com/.../inst?i=YTM1MTExNzIxMjHboUUqDbSzw6ih0MkOeHk44VkSPsRNsf52rmZOnK3aeFKQdyepXANaka8WY5r7rRIVVsuI7rDaa7DkMNpDNu5N3KY0VrFxeZtOkvZph29xQcr9dXBjmbGEU5CqWdLjBC3vuNQGvsJE/ulM/iCI+Wvq

http://pofj.gamingcandy.com/.../inst?i=YTM5NzQxMTkwNTNP+/iBKszCfhpz+9VIsdAjh9jfBTBEt1l/wfP21pfUGqH/+9YOTkHDQiuT+vOZqPIGxb1EqNNnF5HoIbGzh8aFub13H0NDZLh1IWL+HIylZ5LOAjXaY2R2maTiVjeoiZMBdvduzY295+lM/iCI+Wvq

http://gamingcandy.com/prm/clk?t=YTI4NzQ2MjM0NzbYfghtl6bobjKvLljuRSdHR3eICkpefrPol46c0PbWlVmK3tv4aLLsFYY0yeeYgW772kdNEGaS1rTuR64iRoEbTpIrRK2NOp8fvSJED/gbBb/.../19msC9AS

http://gamingcandy.com/prm/clk?t=OTI5NDQ2OTQ5NIjt135KGbdeJ3EyroT7LNVNB I bJHCrNQgVMldSgqSFgSCHDiKR29UE/Ta2KpOBGhfEHj5NPgx4ZVFgoAVVYZjqru5ZVT6Nv1l6stYmPmnBxc9KalsQNA3N/.../0OVKdzjE6KCLMa5pGedtL2FDu e7qawYTplkCQE=&c=gameId263

http://gamingcandy.com/prm/clk?t=YTE5NjQzOTQyMznhSNDwO/lvyT4W5Rq1fSzpkpQw7AMH2NdIPEkNtxwcktNXhwaZGYKYV2nIcTnKtGb40uB1dGZ9wCUDCaIgnZD/.../51oOl9Itt2BbqL2iprwvUOseoclfxZNCCWV93cIBL9r5hTFKCj60d DPFtHK3gfZhaY6xn178&c=gameId263

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