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spec-ops.exe

Sweet Gamer LLC

The application spec-ops.exe by Sweet Gamer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 5 anti-malware scanners. 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 installerlaunch-gn2.com.
Publisher:
Sweet Gamer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e7468bd4654a3c30e04e258c4d83bd54

SHA-1:
b9e997f1fe153022e6a0c9d4e01bf2ec390beb95

SHA-256:
2e3d94d734b70fcb2225acbd14a65bacbbc55c457c5a9e83061664a48e598c02

Scanner detections:
5 / 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:
4/25/2024 3:54:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
160518-2

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.122
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BL potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R.gen
4.6.5.141

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.SweetGam (M)
16.6.12.9

File size:
615.3 KB (630,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\spec-ops.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sweet Gamer LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/6/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sweet Gamer LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Sweet Gamer LLC, L=Sunrise, S=Florida, 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:
0C82FF046C1E5F30CAD52704CD2952EE

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NzJfshdJxi1Ldkf8ZN42Auj14fmHBjkQcxNR1OaRBgc4XbpgzJqwXOWbtsN1g:NzJfsfJxi9ufkekxKQcrJS9bSzwwN2g

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7901

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file spec-ops.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-gn2.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-gn2.com/gn/gn_8254.exe&dn=spec-ops.exe&sid=4721-ISM-v1&pid=1293&browser=chrome&ptrk=4pjugkns0e9dgfh1rq1k9d6su1&SKIP_ALL=false&UNINSTALL=false&DOP=2&typ=http://.../ty.php

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