cheatengine62.exe

Cheat Engine 6.2

Dark Byte

The application cheatengine62.exe, “Cheat Engine 6.2 Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the OpenCandy monitzation platform which will donwload and install offers in the setup for potentially unwanted software including ad/search-supported toolbars.
Publisher:
Dark Byte

Product:
Cheat Engine 6.2

Description:
Cheat Engine 6.2 Setup

MD5:
fac1b9385df0220ddf6be228f96269c7

SHA-1:
bbdeac56161b6c09009d3c970536ad1e7c73e10e

SHA-256:
7098f1f94e948e89800f00669fbdb23a7ef84115a3babfdedf42b7ef09d77f32

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Packages the OpenCandy software bundler that offers to install additional software and may include web browser add-ons and toolbars which display advertising (based on publisher settings and geo context).

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 1:38:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
SPR/Linux.CEngi.a.7
7.11.131.238

Baidu Antivirus
HackTool.Win32.CheatEngine
4.0.3.1433

Bkav FE
W32.Clod628.Trojan
1.3.0.4924

ESET NOD32
8.9429

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Linux_CEngi
3/3/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
HackTool.Linux.CEngi
t3scan.2.2.29

McAfee
Artemis!FAC1B9385DF0
5600.7202

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.CheatEngine.xromz
0.28.0.57630

Sophos
Generic PUA LL
4.97

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R047H05AR14
7.2.62

File size:
6.8 MB (7,181,851 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
196608:R1BhRpDn9KGF6kLNpAZi9WINkE65dugWmtW0W:J1Dnv4ZiQEWHugWeW0W

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD...
 
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Entropy:
7.9994

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file cheatengine62.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://s5995.chomikuj.pl/File.aspx?e=LMHExIqgXvpe7QOdHgHH70YwYqLYI_nkjfBW5euzF86KrE8MpdNgubUrdmi7fMHS78FRbKN1ZNaGwLBnclk-naimIbMlhIOYbtcdWlUFjL-QlcdDM9GBGxmsHsBkgxSD4AUjtZgvhwhU_KdNmJAMwA&pv=2

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