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penguin_setup.exe

MyPlayCity Inc

The application penguin_setup.exe by MyPlayCity Inc has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from interia.hit.gemius.pl and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
MyPlayCity Inc  (signed and verified)

Version:
10.5.0.0

MD5:
11bc3c46a017757184b60bc5a78398f3

SHA-1:
f1abfa3f438ffff4fc873aa0ef0593c095316e11

SHA-256:
beb00b1b1b1328870a94a2e9670ebcf8e661e9c5dcfddc85d20109812e03ee9b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 11:46:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MyPlayCity.Installer.Meta (L)
16.5.3.16

File size:
1.7 MB (1,778,096 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Russian (Russia)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
MyPlayCity Inc

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
7/8/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/6/2018 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=MyPlayCity Inc, O=MyPlayCity Inc, L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
20D4740D43CF48A9A8582DA77C404F18

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/25/2016 12:39:17 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kuudPhuAIaDdBTZrz/B8Sn69So6UPR0lokGb1FtG3UrIbG/WdTXT+Chq/m:xaPBeSHoFKl6bgkrIbG/oTXT+Chz

Entry address:
0x157050

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, A8, F0, 54, 00, E8, 70, 3B, EB, FF, A1, D8, 33, 56, 00, 8B, 00, E8, E8, E7, F6, FF, A1, D8, 33, 56, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 16, 05, F7, FF, 8B, 0D, 78, 35, 56, 00, A1, D8, 33, 56, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, 30, A4, 54, 00, E8, DA, E7, F6, FF, A1, D8, 33, 56, 00, 8B, 00, E8, 1E, E9, F6, FF, E8, CD, F4, EA, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.3 MB (1,397,760 bytes)

The file penguin_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://interia.hit.gemius.pl/hitredir/id=0stLay_GdLtDbdkbymp0ldU7jwzB44_kkcXH2eUJVFv.07/url=http://files.myplaycity.com/.../penguin_setup.exe

http://files.myplaycity.com/.../penguin_setup.exe

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