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thai-mahjong-solitaire.exe

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application thai-mahjong-solitaire.exe by Puzzle Zone Games has been detected as adware by 5 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-pz1.com.
Publisher:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f308873f928c0b879f4c34b56feecd50

SHA-1:
2544495ce607b1c7677f96d49720e2e1c91e6105

SHA-256:
0bb93f5c6def325a3ac8dd34129ae0f8e8e54bf2814b4cd0e8f5e49289c01ddc

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 6:26:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
160518-2

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Generic.1034185
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.GR potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.225.1590.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.PuzzleZo (M)
16.7.16.20

File size:
912.8 KB (934,696 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\thai-mahjong-solitaire.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/1/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/1/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, L=Jersey City, S=New Jersey, 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:
148574E327EC8ED99B4372B65FF2B06D

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):
24576:6SyMJfsoT7VF+6FnOafbrJjzE5LCwQJlEFmPWvLYmwPRVZPj3+:6SlJfsoH9FnOafb1jgfug1kJnJ

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:
7.8362

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file thai-mahjong-solitaire.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-pz1.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-pz1.com/pz_13917_v1.exe&dn=thai-mahjong-solitaire.exe&sid=1579-us&pid=1524&browser={ch&ptrk=fnp12l0r7mfut0ndgfa1rdm8p7&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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