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super-mario.exe

Game Awesome LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application super-mario.exe by Game Awesome has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore 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-ggh1.com.
Publisher:
Game Awesome LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e933e5e83f1e16a5e0423528c29222a4

SHA-1:
705b53cb2a039142ae02c9749d71d7992af78d99

SHA-256:
b3efed331eecbe1ac227cf283d05229c27ddfd5c1348d9d16620fb6ea8f4369b

Scanner detections:
2 / 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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:32:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.D potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GameAwes (M)
16.7.25.19

File size:
699.1 KB (715,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\super-mario.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Awesome LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=Game Awesome LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Game Awesome LLC, L=Weston, 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:
082CB3EC06ACAE2DAA2C8AA5685B84F6

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:/oyMJfsGk+BRZsVY5ssfWR/x6CiKfhgrpvWCCQH9d4MBixscVxIaGPBjVPZ:gyMJfsN4RZsLMC10pH9dXBiycVxIThZ

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:
7.8346

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file super-mario.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-ggh1.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-ggh1.com/ggh_10519_v2.exe&dn=super-mario.exe&sid=4721-us&pid=1289&browser=chrome&ptrk=v17vu4ecmmj9kb6cd6c90u8o53&SKIP_ALL=false&UNINSTALL=false&DOP=2&typ=http://.../ty.php

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