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pair-them-up.exe

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pair-them-up.exe by Puzzle Zone Games has been detected as adware by 10 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 installerlaunch-pz1.com.
Publisher:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
48f0f1d98ab665d515edaa03ef4bfd1d

SHA-1:
1c124679269757ec9e2c2b7b30a0fb062e998930

SHA-256:
b05aec962474604bcce221e681f06fa87888b304bb2a889cea265809220e197e

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 12:50:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3383

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0225

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of maya-tower-mahjongg.exe (Adware)
2014.10.27.0

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!48F0F1D98AB6
16.8.708.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14811

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835495
31208

File size:
747.4 KB (765,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pair-them-up.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/31/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/1/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, L=Jersey City, S=New Jersey, 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:
148574E327EC8ED99B4372B65FF2B06D

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):
12288:kMJfsGshNcHG2JGtCvLCYu7ljTs60bn4Unr31qh7jgt2WcJzDxn+UxMnhXkkwxa0:kMJfsLhZ2JNCYGls6A31kjAUZoUxMnBB

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:
7.8499

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file pair-them-up.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-pz1.com/dl.php?dl=pz/pz_17947_v2.exe&dn=pair-them-up.exe&sid=1591-us&pid=1313&browser=ch&ptrk=uocqe51fb0k02qujukl07udkf2&SCHEME_EXT=Optimized&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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