wayofthewarrior.exe

GamesPub Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application wayofthewarrior.exe by GamesPub has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 12 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)

MD5:
d6c311be07ed948e266ccbfc5634f364

SHA-1:
857d3f44dea4b9dbae1e65e4828e2f8ec5c24092

SHA-256:
743bfd5810420f7aeae687636a70f1dc4820d28f06b10cf75b69d1a2a28d90ff

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
5/10/2024 3:44:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.212.236

AVG
InstallC
2016.0.3185

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15227

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.29722
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.SX potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1915113

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dmfoob
0.30.0.296

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.f22
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GamesPub
15.2.27.22

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
37788

File size:
790.5 KB (809,520 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/12/2013 6:00:30 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2016 6:00:30 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:
6/20/1992 10:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:vevpeOxHQvh6XglRytf1kRVR7QEHCo/B2KjBD5fqf1TfnuPYZGVRhnhArm55zoTP:vevDxa6QlEcNQEi0Bn5fqtTvfato+cr

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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:
7.8202

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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