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the-sims-2.exe

Program Setup

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The application the-sims-2.exe by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria) 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 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 www.todaybytetower.com.

File name:

the-sims-2.exe

Publisher:

SecuredDownload (signed by Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.))

Product:

Program Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_58854

MD5:

98c2c2fdc8bd1acbe8596ccf9d93ff5b

SHA-1:

c3978373858e111ccb516e05d4960114b6a267cf

SHA-256:

0ff647ebe4168531750b6c72ed5b78fab99b64626953982dda518fd2f2ba07b2

Scanner detections:

1 / 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:

5/21/2024 1:29:41 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.AC (M)

16.8.3.7

File size:

933.7 KB (956,152 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_58854

SecuredDownload

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\the-sims-2.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/6/2016 7:41:47 AM

Valid to:

8/4/2016 10:23:54 AM

Subject:

CN=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Criteria (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

1121DC9E5F7E1CC5DF0CA4ED082CF7EB9D86

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:triPYsi61YBR2c11w3n54kSjJmRD6JGriGuet/di8GD:t+gJg3n59cJmRDSG+Sds8S

Entry address:

0xA5F8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
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Entropy:

7.9355

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file the-sims-2.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.todaybytetower.com/c?x=6P0ACASqAqip3V06Xs0AleXijnnlhjFi4IDE04bgOnk=&c=qHsIvxxeQlbtdguXDVrOVru/mlm5lNWHgHPcoRs9JWURH0V2Zdxf20x/KHtc6/445B9USDVOHx36TCm45K9/eCUBI9bzgV1ANFqBfVxpiDBTy48lJUmHugbWGbFRb7doUhCcUzSTLQSOhask7J4R1dmrafSRLSr8nIHyrVuSQ28=&downloadAs=the-sims-2.exe&fallback_url=http://ddxserverneu.com/softwares/.../Sims2Screensaver.exe

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