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arcadecandyupdate.exe

Arcade Candy

The application arcadecandyupdate.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from d1.arcadecandy.com.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7692eed740822d7686d2207d804c52d0

SHA-1:
3b95a059f3b5c45a69625b10a01edfda9dc54a99

SHA-256:
a1d53d571007291b0430a93c4cdd720cd2b91b36eeb937aebff601407564a510

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:
12/27/2024 9:45:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay.ArcadeCandy (M)
15.12.18.0

File size:
818.7 KB (838,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\arcadecandyupdate.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/16/2014 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:
798313D6E0E88E3C9A4F20DA27DC5534

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/5/2013 3:25:16 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nWbBlOad5XClrKthsne2J7rgt95Iwi/5ZVOy3/BqRhFUPUtO8zUrUA6c7:IlPdclrK32J4n7yOk2hisIeA6

Entry address:
0x51B04

Entry point:
E8, 04, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 28, D5, 46, 00, E8, B6, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, 24, 41, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, 4C, 2C, 47, 00, BA, 48, 2C, 47, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A, 04, 50, E8, CA, C8, FF, FF, 59, FF, 76, 04, E8, C1, C8, FF, FF, 59, 83, 66, 04, 00, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0A, 00, 00, 00, E8, A5, 26, 00, 00, C3, 8B, D0, EB, C5, 6A, 0E, E8, F0, 3F, 00, 00, 59, C3, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 04...
 
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Entropy:
6.5741

Code size:
379.5 KB (388,608 bytes)

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

http://d1.arcadecandy.com/update/.../ArcadeCandyUpdate.exe

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