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nfsunderwaterparadise.exe

Gekkon Ltd

The application nfsunderwaterparadise.exe by Gekkon 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 Inno Setup installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from newfreescreensavers.com.
Publisher:
Gekkon Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6baf87b62aae19ae9b641cda44c0b688

SHA-1:
2085e3784f3bcb8b483ad6fe3aef0e2b4b5be291

SHA-256:
f9075deccbf42b5c402aab0f92dc6d688317d199413a16449cbe8e80fc47d798

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 11:03:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Gekkon.Installer (M)
16.6.27.6

File size:
668 KB (684,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Gekkon Ltd

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/13/2013 10:57:19 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 10:57:19 AM

Subject:
E=is@newfreescreensavers.com, CN=Gekkon Ltd, O=Gekkon Ltd, L=Mahe, S=Seychelles, C=SC

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11219BA4649A3898A4F37C1CE7782C46FAEA

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:gQ3MJfsGARMKbwyqre9Jk9FT5Z5Zmh+7WjNJflICIiaAV6iSA/If2W41k018gxNN:gQ3MJfs/m+wNre9Jk9DZ5Zmh+7KNRltZ

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:
7.7903

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://newfreescreensavers.com/download/.../nfsunderwaterparadise

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