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icreinstall_call-of-duty-black-ops-2.exe

Game Awesome LLC

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_call-of-duty-black-ops-2.exe by Game Awesome 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 installCore installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-ggh1.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Game Awesome LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
63d04cccf70d3c4311109ef003db5ff7

SHA-1:
705265504956a92ecc37520101700da94f035523

SHA-256:
6bafd9d5ddbd79d37687a3e7360d89ff8dadf69781f9d6568ef8243302a82109

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Utilizes the InstallCore download manager that may bundle various adware-type offers.

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:
4/19/2024 12:19:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GameAwesome (M)
15.12.23.18

File size:
742.6 KB (760,376 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_call-of-duty-black-ops-2.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Awesome LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Game Awesome LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Game Awesome LLC, L=Weston, S=Florida, 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:
082CB3EC06ACAE2DAA2C8AA5685B84F6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:8yMJfsGBTxFksJLqo9Q4aFYJgZs7q33ASMXdD9hMktuI96Kojd5fYbK0eb9aR:8yMJfs21FksJL+DYAASmfII8K6rfYHek

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:
7.8565

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file icreinstall_call-of-duty-black-ops-2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-ggh1.com/dl.php?dl=ggh/ggh_17947_v1.exe&dn=call-of-duty-black-ops-2.exe&sid=1579-us&pid=1570&browser=ch&ptrk=2j1gomuivmqc0813t9q7c5o0j3&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to os.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

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