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candyupdater.exe

Arcade Candy

The application candyupdater.exe by Arcade Candy has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler named CandyUpdater triggered daily at a specified time. 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:
bb7a5de770e197c59996790e98edfb4d

SHA-1:
cf66d5485f2288a5805a142d791dfd64ccbe8be5

SHA-256:
d1defc62d90234adca0d4ab734dedbcfbe6549b37b84c4d1a39a0273cf48709a

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 4:45:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Norman
ArcadeCandy.A
11.20140831

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ArcadeCandy.M
14.8.31.15

File size:
76.2 KB (77,992 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 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/16/2014 6:59:59 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:
7/29/2013 2:22:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:+PvehMWBzJCD5GhtbTcLm8kkjEDXJnANg7lcNipH80JS+CfcAKnPWyDUSDvqqA5:8mBzJAAGkxzcNipnS+CuntDUUvA

Entry address:
0x19D2

Entry point:
E8, 28, 17, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 7D, 08, 00, 74, 2D, FF, 75, 08, 6A, 00, FF, 35, 44, A4, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 60, 40, 00, 85, C0, 75, 18, 56, E8, C1, 03, 00, 00, 8B, F0, FF, 15, 0C, 60, 40, 00, 50, E8, 71, 03, 00, 00, 59, 89, 06, 5E, 5D, C3, 6A, 0C, 68, C0, 82, 40, 00, E8, EE, 14, 00, 00, 6A, 0E, E8, EB, 18, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 8B, 4E, 04, 85, C9, 74, 2F, A1, B0, 9B, 40, 00, BA, AC, 9B, 40, 00, 89, 45, E4, 85, C0, 74, 11, 39, 08, 75, 2C, 8B, 48, 04, 89, 4A...
 
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Entropy:
6.2973

Code size:
20 KB (20,480 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
CandyUpdater

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 2:18 PM)


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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