8ballpool_game_downloader.exe

Tucokiragu

File Validated

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application 8ballpool_game_downloader.exe, “Tucokiragu Setup ” by File Validated 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 InstallMetrix Software installer.
Publisher:
File Validated  (signed and verified)

Product:
Tucokiragu

Description:
Tucokiragu Setup

Version:
5.6.5.6

MD5:
014cfe79019817416467d13a06ada12a

SHA-1:
8b039e12c72494438f879d9f58a04e1f93bbee39

SHA-256:
7d4ee4ae98d8d5c98606c782d5c04702d45d7e476d78787469c84a1fbd0bd274

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.

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:
12/27/2024 6:44:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix (M)
16.8.10.12

File size:
933.5 KB (955,904 bytes)

Product version:
2.5.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\8ballpool_game_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2016 1:33:01 AM

Valid to:
2/2/2017 1:33:01 AM

Subject:
CN=File Validated, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112127B04ABA745F034A3BB2B235BBD0A1E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:G+QypRuT+ElDwQuxkwMopm9kMNp8PV0fslvcAb+Hy:Gl1T+EldDBo8rNp8PV0fseAz

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9338

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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