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cheat-engine.exe

Cash Buyer Media

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application cheat-engine.exe by Cash Buyer Media 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 Vittalia DM installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1195.com.
Publisher:
Lightspeed Vivid Installation  (signed by Cash Buyer Media)

Product:
Lightspeed Vivid Installation

Version:
84.2.2.9204

MD5:
f28d1a4a25c5be6476932fd390b50ed2

SHA-1:
75960eab4436ea103d4e342f9773f57747c43c88

SHA-256:
507132ea0d0265c735629b15e734666e0a9f4149770529ade2778aba1b5a4835

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 1:43:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.CashBuyerMedia.Bundler (M)
16.1.1.22

File size:
758.4 KB (776,632 bytes)

Product version:
84.2.2.9204

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cash Buyer Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cash Buyer Media, O=Cash Buyer Media, L=San Francisco, 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:
16225050F02F98DCFD5828F7D2C7CD45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/22/2014 2:58:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:87xi5x03/LoR+xR1ZRjYoPML56WxxGui5zYMs7hXURzsMKfxcPT8DosTVlwz90ez:qx6rEzPM16WxxTi8xUiMKfxcYDF5Qo+d

Entry address:
0x1EFAE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9227

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

The file cheat-engine.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadnet1195.com/download/.../dl?bc=1192719&pid=advertisode&brand=advertisode.com&aid=modal_us_82405_download9x.com_191205814_3732785840_8395900197&s=test_source&c=us&country=US&cb=1871307220&filename=cheat-engine.exe&productKey=g7dkzyjucg4gqmja6mkuz7amonpx6hyh&osName=Windows&osVersion=8&browserName=IE&browserVersion=10&zTmp=1&executable=1188405

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