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225331-652587-cheat-engine.exe

Cheat Engine 5.6.1

Dark Byte

The application 225331-652587-cheat-engine.exe, “Cheat Engine 5.6.1 Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 11 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 5.6.1

Description:
Cheat Engine 5.6.1 Setup

MD5:
3b659e1ef1e544856a716433a17da61f

SHA-1:
92c332a025753f94e0339b82ebe0e54ad3cec7bd

SHA-256:
9e88e7ce1ac737d3b5dfa7b7d972b0d47468ae74843974414d64635ce3400936

Scanner detections:
11 / 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:
11/23/2024 10:29:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
HackTool.CheatEngine
7.1.1

Bkav FE
W32.Clod4f5.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop3.49526
9.0.1.0358

F-Prot
W32/Malware!582e
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.174.10575

Microsoft Security Essentials
Adware:Win32/OpenCandy
1.165.247.01

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.CheatEngine.xmvtu
0.28.0.57029

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.129CC6FE!312264446
23.00.65.131222

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.0CKG11
7.2.358

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0CKG11
10.465.24

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Malware
24550

File size:
4.4 MB (4,661,445 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\225331-652587-cheat-engine.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:eZC6HQcLGwq+H96hKkehIkbxu9XuKnb1dsrVuBLFyc:QJHNLxqhhpehZC1dsJuBLFyc

Entry address:
0x9B24

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, A2, 95, FF, FF, E8, A9, A7, FF, FF, E8, D4, C9, FF, FF, E8, 1B, CA, FF, FF, E8, 0E, F3, FF, FF, E8, 75, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, DB, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, A4, A1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 02, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 04, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, EC, CD, 40, 00, E8, 53, 96, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, EC, CD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file 225331-652587-cheat-engine.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 17 URLs.

http://dl2.f1cd.ru/d/.../CheatEngine561.exe

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

http://cheat-engine.software.informer.com/.../

https://dl-mail.ymail.com/ws/download/mailboxes/@.id==VjJ-MKhh1rcB3FBeRemTtuPsOeHCWz2a9B1UYLRglh3DdrixUy8HOEPECnFE7UdRS5Xd-OZtZrw2rULBXQ-scIJXZQ/messages/@.id==AM4Pw0MAAOovUEHTVwY1yUboScI/content/parts/@.id==2/raw?appid=YahooMailNeo&token=zitEzqOML3j84e6ealFTT5U7-km5qEQF52lp7AcCuBbGyG2bkxv-ZFJmnA_8VxD20t7X6ShVtJJGERydSqFVliiLdmY13ZVAa_foQ18ORYg6y0cZDZK87O4GU8LnZAz6&error=https://mg.mail.yahoo.com/.../iframemsg?id=34dfa7f7-7f69-c89b-3f78-88823d8cb37e&ymreqid=11f3e476-7e7f-e3cb-01b2-df0010010000

http://dl2.f1cd.ru/d/.../CheatEngine561.exe

https://mega.nz/persistent/.../1QwQFIIK

http://dl2.f1cd.ru/d/.../CheatEngine561.exe

http://s7721.chomikuj.pl/File.aspx?e=ovyImqf_kDB1XDGDMl-OyTHJzwaReFILNyUJ7tRIgWDjo9UijWEbVvkR6qYguT74Fji90dx-wlmk4Og19omB_qcpme5jObI1g0Bs5jJiJMzwh-2Efngpn0HfuTc0vf2PW7JKefaCuqNHWUNCw3B7dw&pv=2

http://api.256file.com/.../37713_cheatengine561.exe

http://www.heijnen1.demon.nl/CheatEngine561.exe

http://s10113.chomikuj.pl/File.aspx?e=ovyImqf_kDB1XDGDMl-OybJYXLJ-7OQg1ElzvRKerXpS_9B2zQs6OLXwpOU0aaS7KSo9ooVJigGYI7B3pjt5rCh9vb02X8q5BSpAvG-QEmGjy7tCSFMe3oCk50PacLwc2eVy21t3NGEUYoIRhHa4tg&pv=2

http://dl2.f1cd.ru/d/.../CheatEngine561.exe

http://s10113.chomikuj.pl/File.aspx?e=ovyImqf_kDB1XDGDMl-OyQtWGAbFNn25FFqFpA5HuBTnWzAfq2k18Sf-6AGOKP1hOechgn8qUfdpmuO8SotIpfcQxZOARdgsfQ19mv0yH4PJEc89F7PDmTPrOwniNxn5otm_pEPFN_3hPzKVfcULRQ&pv=2

http://download1970.mediafire.com/zzs0x84aspng/.../CheatEngine561(2).exe

http://www.filewin.net/.../down.php?numar=125&p=

http://mirror3.cheatengine.org/.../CheatEngine561.exe

http://cheatengine.org/.../CheatEngine561.exe

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