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the_sims.exe

Inffinity Internet, S.L.

The application the_sims.exe by Inffinity Internet, S.L 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.phpnuke.org.
Publisher:
Inffinity Internet, S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e74e5e5ed15c86a96559c6caed81c15

SHA-1:
0af83c5d845907c1f89c8dac3e16dfcec2d7e0be

SHA-256:
8ffb74f3593b4c3f138c20d5b7e93de4db9f8f4c086bfc4be57d69fa3b97f6a0

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 1:00:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Inffinity.InffinityInternet.Installer (M)
15.12.6.9

File size:
115.8 KB (118,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\the_sims.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Inffinity Internet, S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/5/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Inffinity Internet, S.L.", O="Inffinity Internet, S.L.", L=Villaviciosa de Odon, S=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
015B6BA30C3A5ECC19D4151834ADE49D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:pgXdZt9P6D3XJA45egaQnn3UQwIAwP5kTkO0nc6++ENVmG:pe34eFgdn/bRkKc6UmG

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.5592

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://download.phpnuke.org/o2/73eb2804/en/227542/.../the_sims.exe

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