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candycrushsagasetup.exe

DownloadShield

The application candycrushsagasetup.exe by DownloadShield 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.yolaplay.com.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
01ab23d69dda47b8a16f8750f6e99c4c

SHA-1:
8ba6f6ddd1e843e7ab67550cff762129ef6f45c7

SHA-256:
565f76b633a091f7414debf615de7519453f33793d3bcde48cc2b86227f9de63

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:
11/24/2024 7:49:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
16.7.21.9

File size:
263.7 KB (270,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/10/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/9/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, 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:
309C9F4C0975E9792AECED60B8346C13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:isWz9yhxqCnSS41gq1UUVzy3W+PGCL1doBo/Riv:3nSbNBVzy3Wp0dREv

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3710

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://www.yolaplay.com/.../CandyCrushSagaSetup.exe

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