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sporesetup.exe

DownloadShield

The application sporesetup.exe by DownloadShield 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freegamer.info and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4155de1c92e6541b3c025ed0a27cc514

SHA-1:
51bd93d43afe8fcf8dcc150ed6129596ee5db79d

SHA-256:
093244dbf48ce722fc64195792d3acabecd85f5b2fe7447cf3ee1b48a28f3e1a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 12:45:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Download.Installer (M)
16.4.12.7

File size:
254.5 KB (260,584 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\sporesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, 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:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/3/2015 10:43:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:60hNLeigMCtviR06w2/sFiv6BtgZHbGYXwj5484rLip:zyigNvu06w2/ssG2ZyYXU4fI

Entry address:
0x31FD

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, F0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 83, F8, 06, 74, 11, 53, E8, F3, 26, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, E8, 73, 40, 00, E8, 74, 26, 00, 00, 68, E0, 73, 40, 00, E8, 6A, 26, 00, 00, 68, D4, 73, 40, 00, E8, 60, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, BC, 26, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.7063

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file sporesetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.freegamer.info/.../download

http://www.yolaplay.com/.../download

http://www.yolaplay.com/.../SporeSetup.exe

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