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cheatengine.exe

The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.launchnexus.com and multiple other hosts.
MD5:
4209d303663c0e2d42cc4c09259f5670

SHA-1:
4645582aebb9ae8ae76f2e6f3a11b0803c5ad807

SHA-256:
5f728f4c6410763293994fc2a5fb4791350cd5b2a9b1b58555d41e136b9fffe2

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Clean  (1 probable false positive detection)

Explanation:
This is mosty likely a false positive detection, the file is probably clean.

Analysis date:
4/23/2025 5:27:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

File size:
202.3 KB (207,201 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cheatengine.exe

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:8QIURTXJn+wzOTK0SpexVG8Ffsm3jrSotwn9jvC65HZFVMr4Iyuqdzh:8sHzFsx5EmTr1qhDMr4Iyuqj

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:
6.6692

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file cheatengine.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.launchnexus.com/.../CheatEngine.exe

http://www.launchnexus.com/cheatengine/.../

http://www.launchnexus.com/.../download

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