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candyupdater.exe

Arcade Candy

The application candyupdater.exe by Arcade Candy has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. This file is typically installed with the program ArcadeCandy by ArcadeCandy LLC which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
Arcade Candy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
864ac8b2ff02daeeeed79089a96ac0c0

SHA-1:
9498c24a53ffe99fc93616e1936ba8cf099fd539

SHA-256:
5b6e9a1397e1f2b5dbd2321c00d4cf3658d11962d712358ed32bd44fc8201f28

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 9:48:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AracadeCandy.A
v2015.02.18.05

Norman
ArcadeCandy.A
11.20150218

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EpicPlay
15.2.18.17

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1107
7.2.49

File size:
83.2 KB (85,160 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\arcadecandy\candyupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Arcade Candy

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/16/2014 7:59:59 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:
6/26/2013 9:02:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:bH0/iRwM7KLEG2XpBDgwkJEA6sF16SU+JEQ55iipH80JS+CfcAKnPWyDUSDl:70/3Ly5J+6gz55iipnS+CuntDU

Entry address:
0x1A0E

Entry point:
E8, B9, 18, 00, 00, E9, 79, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 18, 9D, 40, 00, E8, C0, 16, 00, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 85, F6, 74, 75, 83, 3D, 94, CE, 40, 00, 03, 75, 43, 6A, 04, E8, A3, 1A, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, CB, 1A, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 09, 56, 50, E8, EC, 1A, 00, 00, 59, 59, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 0B, 00, 00, 00, 83, 7D, E4, 00, 75, 37, FF, 75, 08, EB, 0A, 6A, 04, E8, 8F, 19, 00, 00, 59, C3, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 74, C2, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 80, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 16, E8, 87, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.4115

Code size:
27 KB (27,648 bytes)

The file candyupdater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

ArcadeCandy  by ArcadeCandy LLC
From the EULA: "Premium Games are offered free of charge at the Site in exchange for your agreement to install ArcadeCandy Software (the "Software").
arcadecandy.com
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