grandtheftauto_game_downloader.exe

Stiff Old Neck Co.

The executable grandtheftauto_game_downloader.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1188.com.
Publisher:
Trusted Swift Install System  (signed by Stiff Old Neck Co.)

Product:
Trusted Swift Install System

Version:
40.3.8.8680

MD5:
f40754a3c74436e9d4dfee916d3bac24

SHA-1:
a43c1700a9c5998529438b071f700dd0654399ce

SHA-256:
b6d234fd0af0738cb2020cab07fcf782b83fe880aed82727f91e8a97d48cd2a9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
5/16/2024 8:15:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.6.9

File size:
875.4 KB (896,368 bytes)

Product version:
40.3.8.8680

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\grandtheftauto_game_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/5/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/5/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Stiff Old Neck Co., O=Stiff Old Neck Co., L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
22DF15FD69B77D2AAB7B5052636D8F0B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/17/2014 6:41:59 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9570  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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

http://files4.downloadnet1188.com/download/.../dl?bc=1191361&pid=installmetrix&brand=installmetrix.com&c=doga_ret8a_rwan_pygm_grandtheftauto_lp3_MSIE__nokws&country=US&cb=-922103900&filename=GrandTheftAuto_Game_Downloader.exe&productKey=vd3lmahbkir7jx4s7aj5xggeldlfjik4&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1191305

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