townopolis.exe

My Program

GamesPub Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application townopolis.exe, “My Program Setup ” by GamesPub has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 13 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.
Publisher:
GamesPub Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
6500252e318c3af3f5750d781aee2112

SHA-1:
c3131ceb45fd37daff2f7a9de7308f596aa355b0

SHA-256:
645ac6d075e3eeb6d9bff00f53cb38504cf79ffc27ae3df430a7b26c605c2cb0

Scanner detections:
13 / 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 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:
5/18/2024 8:28:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.167.238

AVG
InstallC
2015.0.3382

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.448
9.0.1.0226

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PR potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.10.30.2

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13098

McAfee
Artemis!6500252E318C
5600.7038

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.GamesPub.K
14.8.14.12

SUPERAntiSpyware
10269

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

File size:
786.9 KB (805,824 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/11/2013 11:00:30 AM

Valid to:
1/12/2016 11:00:30 AM

Subject:
CN=GamesPub Ltd, O=GamesPub Ltd, L=Victoria, S=Mahe, C=SC

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

Serial number:
11216D6AAAF9A1C6D0048136671D0837834D

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:fnFb7F592VWoDMItOpSuLO5eNWyEogMP3AK:fFtL2VWoBtOpSb5eNWyEoPv

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8168

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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