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Dark Times

Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited

The application setup.exe, “Dark Times Setup ” by Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited 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 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 www.creagames.com.
Publisher:
CreaGames   (signed by Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited)

Product:
Dark Times

Description:
Dark Times Setup

MD5:
9fb7862d2d442b7c621a9c04af962a02

SHA-1:
c47c291ad013a178158f75af07eefcf5568e7283

SHA-256:
8a82a0e4163074c2ce5bfcb3b001c820bf5b880a84c3463bc3c8f7eaa869e33a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
7/5/2025 5:54:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.30.20

File size:
4.9 MB (5,148,920 bytes)

Product version:
0.5.9.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/14/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/14/2018 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited, OU=程序部, O=Huoshen Technology(Xi'an) Company Limited, L=西安, S=陕西, C=CN

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

Serial number:
467519842E1BABA70771EA1D1A83B888

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

https://www.creagames.com/.../Dark Times Setup.exe

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