CheatEngine60.exe

Cheat Engine 6.0

Dark Byte

The application CheatEngine60.exe, “Cheat Engine 6.0 Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
Dark Byte

Product:
Cheat Engine 6.0

Description:
Cheat Engine 6.0 Setup

MD5:
9eb749499f455057dc185fb21ba7b96a

SHA-1:
6964dcead85f69ad89d18a6f5df536f0de8fec80

SHA-256:
91936a9d378b2e52fdcec2d6db02887b4b6f8daaa57f66681d019bd2970a4c34

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
11/10/2026 11:54:14 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Baidu Antivirus
Hacktool.Win32.CheatEngine
4.0.3.14522

Bkav FE
W32.Clod1b5.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

ESET NOD32
8.9773

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.12026

McAfee
Artemis!9EB749499F45
5600.7122

Quick Heal
Adware.OpenCandy (Not a Virus)
5.14.14.00

Trend Micro House Call
ADW_OPENCANDY
7.2.142

Trend Micro
ADW_OPENCANDY
10.465.22

Vba32 AntiVirus
Backdoor.Agent
3.12.26.0

File size:
4.9 MB (5,184,389 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Turkish (Turkey)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cheatengine60.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:QYjLeDGWNZR5oewxbHxqxMgXl25oMydyxcAZikslFNENXe8h07xWfXDL8tl9Tzp9:71WNZvoe0qxXg6dyxcAZi9lwBe8hOGzW

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, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file CheatEngine60.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 18 URLs.

http://download1732.mediafire.com/fmqfmvrmga9g/.../CheatEngine 6.0.exe

http://indir.gezginler.net/i/14283/31343238335f323031352d31322d3132/.../

http://api.256file.com/.../37707_cheatengine60.exe

http://download1392.mediafire.com/9mfyk7pc0qfg/.../CheatEngine 6.0.exe

http://download1732.mediafire.com/8fl75ooiz12g/.../CheatEngine 6.0.exe

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