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mygames.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 mygames.exe by Say Media Group has been detected as adware by 9 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.
Publisher:
Say Media Group  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ab2c48481afc2d7fb5bb0128f2353757

SHA-1:
17826e0ec4f439be103b527d9c2ee1d380d7e528

SHA-256:
94f5ef48a0fb64a4100fdc63b1afed0e2f39e63fcc813b76193d457c3ad6c6ab

Scanner detections:
9 / 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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:09:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.289
7.11.164.60

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3400

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A
v2014.07.28.10

McAfee
CryptInno
5600.7056

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SayMediaGroup.H
14.7.28.9

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\mygames.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:MxFay9obZPJTxJxPvkLLT39HvsPJmbTL8e3n/GV5mYqxsupApkps2ZvX2t:MxFNwpJVJCjxvsPMbTF3/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:
7.7939

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://dl.game-time.co/.../donwload?CID=272178&SID=US&AFID=296812&rd=1&AffiliateReferenceID=283100597-4227&__tc=1403482488121&fileName=Fun_Games

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