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scatters.exe

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

The application scatters.exe by Puzzle Zone Games has been detected as adware by 3 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ee9314a4bdeec4dbf07d4b0f597c55e0

SHA-1:
f21554356d276ab7ee2841c74304ad0a06d04100

SHA-256:
d552674877e374968a04bda71fa22baf53bbb1fa9dc1f4aee30400123c1370c3

Scanner detections:
3 / 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.

Analysis date:
4/27/2024 1:46:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AU potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.P.gen
4.6.5.141

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.PuzzleZo (M)
16.7.9.8

File size:
1 MB (1,090,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/6/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/4/2013 11:59:59 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:
1249461A4B442753DD7C8267ADC2C76F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Wv2YN/OEusSrsIy4HB5hc8FUIC/kvKtLsrjfVUVuwV9TmL9qKGjc7nXvDP:MIsSrsh4H768GICNUjWVr9CL9cgTfDP

Entry address:
0xCACF0

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, B8, A1, 41, 00, E8, 84, CD, FF, FF, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 54, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 50, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 4C, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, DC, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, D8, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, D4, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 48, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 44, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, EC, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, E8, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, E4, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 40, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 3C, 01, 47, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 38, 01, 47, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.9472

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
828 KB (847,872 bytes)

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