spartacus-_blood_and_sand.exe

Cool Mirage ltd.

This is the setup program for CoolMirage, a potentially unwanted program (PUP) that display ads on the computer. The application spartacus-_blood_and_sand.exe by Cool Mirage ltd has been detected as adware 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The setup installer will bundle multiple adware offers during download and setup (based on the user's geographical location) including toolbars, extensions and coupon utilities.
Publisher:
Cool Mirage ltd.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c739e5417a6df66bc9cb09183885f5a0

SHA-1:
fa293e5faa7fa7b3392a645bf9ea66c92d6b127d

SHA-256:
06d3911ee609d58a758e4b2f57022007c679ba6b34c876fbe4df9f76a06b9614

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles a number of adware programs in the installer.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 6:22:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.CoolMirage (M)
17.3.16.4

File size:
212.8 KB (217,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\spartacus-_blood_and_sand.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/13/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/14/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cool Mirage ltd., O=Cool Mirage ltd., STREET=ogarit 39, L=tel aviv, S=tel aviv, PostalCode=69016, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00FC28659CC8073606EF4D09A1994B1AD0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 3:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6707

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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