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mini-putt.exe

Sweet Gamer LLC

The application mini-putt.exe by Sweet Gamer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 installerlaunch-gn2.com.
Publisher:
Sweet Gamer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cc3ba778d663ca13bcb8a9d36f27ea65

SHA-1:
4e3be3d99a661b447164905902e7d7213b36dee2

SHA-256:
506d6a7b39f821da98dbb7de426080c0308e0ae2eeb3057b72328e1a257091f1

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:54:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
160118-1

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.133
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.101483
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.EI potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Variant.Strictor.101483
5.15.21

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core'
5.22

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835495
46444

File size:
965.2 KB (988,384 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mini-putt.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sweet Gamer LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/6/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sweet Gamer LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Sweet Gamer LLC, L=Sunrise, 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:
0C82FF046C1E5F30CAD52704CD2952EE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:tOyMJfssLBvIlpP1v1xEra+1T/QfExHmIi5cl89GsFKeIQ:clJfswOpP19fAT4cxGTY88Q

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:
7.8288

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file mini-putt.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-gn2.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-gn2.com/gn/gn_13917_v2.exe&dn=mini-putt.exe&sid=1577-us&pid=1293&browser=chrome&ptrk=2moj8908lb0ab4m99sbh1ghai0&SCHEME_EXT=Optimized&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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