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ark survival evolved setup.exe

Ark Survival Evolved

Software Assistant

The application ark survival evolved setup.exe by Software Assistant has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from evd.downloading15.com.
Publisher:
Software Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ark Survival Evolved

Version:
3.0.0.157

MD5:
007303fcfb89975c2edb634afe78a53c

SHA-1:
2ec1a9bb73ffee07331903e6c7a83d31972a5d77

SHA-256:
8da572fd6b41e5c8f3ae2535565c73488603e6d535948a1620797a0d78c00727

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 3:22:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.11.12.17

File size:
1.1 MB (1,136,560 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.157

Copyright:
(c) Software Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Software Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2016 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/15/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Software Assistant, O=Software Assistant, L=Newark, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
61E4AD0C981036BAEEDD2167F8E75D85

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 8:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:mxGQczZH0fbALg519CtfB3d0Kiqi8OpzF/cOUOgQyCRYTKllZKzXUEJak9:r1a752tfB8x/F5gRC2kEJak9

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9627

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

The file ark survival evolved setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://evd.downloading15.com/v2/click/1d0cbc76/?d=https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/client/installer/SteamSetup.exe&sid=Ark Survival Evolved-US&uid=15014109&key=4f3cf7863d6f21b1c81100d22eb728b9246f11a277ee44068564890e7a47ec07&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/11173459/product1.png&n=Ark Survival Evolved&filename=Ark Survival Evolved Setup&done_url=http://piroga.space/pages/LM/LM_TYP.html&cancel_url=http://piroga.space/pages/.../MLINT.html

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