arcadecandygames.exe

Arcade Candy

The application arcadecandygames.exe by Arcade Candy has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1.arcadecandy.com.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9d4a525d50e6bf343d3f3cf10177c630

SHA-1:
27a52acab70c417db90456c39992fc5e6e713833

SHA-256:
1a0e4959e94111c3d81a887e2dcced75a0aafd752746cbf60554d6a20867cd1e

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.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 3:39:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay (M)
16.7.21.22

File size:
1.2 MB (1,272,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/22/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/23/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Arcade Candy, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Arcade Candy, L=Irvine, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
43CB896C9AC049E1F87B8C09D8A61299

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/2012 5:42:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:h4PehpBPRXdyxQYrIDymaTZrIDR1gmILjhsJwMMwZ2AKljlT:h42h/lFDB1HIL14MuPKFF

Entry address:
0xF969

Entry point:
E8, 30, 37, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, A0, DC, 42, 00, E8, 3D, 13, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 3C, 08, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 18, 53, 43, 00, BA, 14, 53, 43, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, 74, EB, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, 6B, EB, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 13, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, 07, 07, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC...
 
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Entropy:
7.8034  (probably packed)

Code size:
148 KB (151,552 bytes)

The file arcadecandygames.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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