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ghostman.exe

Say Media Group

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application ghostman.exe by Say Media Group has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. 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 dl.game-time.co and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Say Media Group  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e1e6635d7a2a3edf65219cb36cc14ea6

SHA-1:
0714a8a99e0ae85c48e39e14ee5506ff706ecea2

SHA-256:
59ffa70f4bfc3ab049b602249fa75a110adaf64d179a989264e4d80c254c8156

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 3:10:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.289
7.11.164.60

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3399

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0210

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OK potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of mygames.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A
v2014.07.29.09

McAfee
CryptInno
5600.7055

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SayMediaGroup.I
14.7.29.8

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
31208

File size:
699.1 KB (715,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Say Media Group

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/30/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/1/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Say Media Group, O=Say Media Group, STREET=1 Habarzel Street, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=69710, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
58BF7ADB4EB9F96866B03020027FBE43

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:nxFay9obZPJTxJxPvkLLT39HvsPJmbTL8e3n/GV5mYqxsupApkps2ZvX2t:nxFNwpJVJCjxvsPMbTF3/GjmMuKXWvA

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.7948

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file ghostman.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dl.game-time.co/.../donwload?CID=271275&AFID=305044&ADID=[=ADID=]&AffiliateReferenceID=20uDhv0gyc5cX6P90VBA711wJYLo000.&PUBID=518041&SUBID=122081&ce_cid=20uDhv0gyc5cX6P90VBA711wJYLo000.&__tc=1399933939541&fileName=exename

http://installer.gameoff-prod.appspot.com/download?gamename=ghostman&installertype=shortcut&cid=271275&clickid=05_75498883_bbcb2ed7-d9c8-4dc2-8908-b3c0c84d3dff&d2=518041,5185748

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