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sudoku.exe

The application sudoku.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-gn1.com.
MD5:
4ecf671f29429bb061537a79a46ec452

SHA-1:
0b12d4616f5755d04a8886dfc8d91bb10359c55b

SHA-256:
1ca47a2cd25abbd919dd1f13889a366512e9bac9e37eea1d090be76ea7bfaf81

Scanner detections:
9 / 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 5:45:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-GD [PUP]
151019-2

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.72
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AW potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.P.gen
4.6.5.141

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SweetGamer
v2015.10.20.05

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Wajam/Variant
9558

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.2691
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835495
43798

File size:
1 MB (1,092,440 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\sudoku.exe

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:AjmHiuPCd9bFYwbdF278BGwL+xC8EuE2aW6NZ:YoEhbdFRBGwLGCvufD6N

Entry address:
0xCAB80

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 9C, 44, 40, 00, E8, 1E, E8, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, C0, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 46, 74, 11, 40, 00, 08, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, EC, 11, 40, 00, 80, 11, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, EC, 11, 40, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, B0, 10, 40, 00, 60, 37, 40, 00, 20, 60, 40, 00, 2C, 60, 40, 00, 74, 37, 40, 00, 68, 37, 40, 00, 3C, 60, 40, 00, CC, 34, 40, 00, 08, 35, 40, 00, 11, 54, 49, 6E, 74, 65, 72...
 
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Entropy:
6.9319

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
828 KB (847,872 bytes)

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

http://installerlaunch-gn1.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-gn2.com/GN-iCore-GC.exe&dn=sudoku.exe&sid=1579-KMG-5.6&pid=1207&browser=ch&ptrk=32r3su8r4tv3hgic0reccm83p0&typ=http://.../ty.php

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