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playfizzsetup.exe

GPV Entertainment, LLC

The application playfizzsetup.exe by GPV Entertainment has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. This version of the installer will bundle the Ask.com Toolbar, a potentially unwanted web browser extension. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.playfizz.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
GPV Entertainment, LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c654ebf63aa346e48376695802da560b

SHA-1:
afdca2e3acbbc55ec9f2e542a346807fb56f22e6

SHA-256:
012f8a7dd7681684196b5c5da872608fc1171d5371a46b134cfb526123d535db

Scanner detections:
3 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles that Ask.com toolbar as a third-party offer, a web browser extension that may modify a user's search and home pages.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:25:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Bundled.Toolbar.Ask.D potentially unsafe application
7.0.302.0

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.GPVEntertainment.N
14.11.21.23

File size:
1.3 MB (1,313,648 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GPV Entertainment, LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/7/2012 2:18:56 AM

Valid to:
8/29/2013 1:31:25 PM

Subject:
CN="GPV Entertainment, LLC", O="GPV Entertainment, LLC", L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4EE308636E9AF0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/18/2013 6:55:01 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:12JY7d7ipLUUcTNvCdAYKDXuLF82GFo6tQ91zfrkuQVj2COdGmVKea004:liaRN6dAYAXw8VnQ3zhQVj2rBUeav4

Entry address:
0x23769

Entry point:
E8, 94, 77, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C, 24...
 
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Entropy:
7.7893  (probably packed)

Code size:
210.5 KB (215,552 bytes)

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

http://dl.playfizz.com/pfdl/eNcmKFc0HVADIBEPijdY3cokVVn6Qg1VMOeoj1BHI/tQIZjwWXwGR483S2Ok/WXe67GLnixBxdhWRBjcDgK4Vm2Px6SMKXs55MfhXhsc2yPflHaQB4aobdnsQ/.../PlayFizzSetup.exe

http://www.playfizz.com/pages/click.php?options=eNckKFc0HVADIBEPijdY3cokVUP6Rg1aJoqY9Ck Z7IDadXmWWotYbMIIBqZQX/opWrkwgh0fRaLCzwbhrUX3GD1/.../OVOzre2Xv1PsfxqEBg10C3OB1vDmk7imHq9jBM7Vc2pYyGCFhdM3nZ5XKGlvQN5GVEzDs86hHwgdkzVK cg

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