cheatengine65.exe

Cheat Engine 6.5

Cheat Engine

The application cheatengine65.exe, “Cheat Engine 6.5 Setup ” by Cheat Engine has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.stockgiftbest.com.
Publisher:
Cheat Engine   (signed by Cheat Engine)

Product:
Cheat Engine 6.5

Description:
Cheat Engine 6.5 Setup

Version:
6.5.0.4

MD5:
30e807fa35481b931a13968dd8d65757

SHA-1:
7ef0f3be5546a4e7e642a4582aa3968807d85560

SHA-256:
7bfce90cdc926e6213e7993c99234e5ce53dd1a2a707a16bfb5932b2b8a886b3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 5:58:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
17.3.11.23

File size:
10.9 MB (11,383,104 bytes)

Product version:
6.5.0.4

Copyright:
Cheat Engine

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cheatengine65.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/29/2016 5:10:56 AM

Valid to:
3/3/2017 9:21:19 PM

Subject:
CN=Cheat Engine, O=Cheat Engine, STREET=Frankendaal 32, L=Eindhoven, S=Noord-Brabant, C=NL, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=NL, SERIALNUMBER=50212036, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign Extended Validation CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121C8E7AC6869E3322CCE5E3451CF9142D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9969

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file cheatengine65.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.stockgiftbest.com/cZayZ7SfloAnlBx61A6 sHP pRZyLmLrmf2NtZJiLUiIEQdJwbvLHtrmewsETotHyuui2hAWJoXfZ418A00ZxIDQqvbpmNUX3yQ7QHaENMSLSEAqiZI7DkmJqpKoavxfz2EL_Pa6jca4T9lTX5OLDIqBKs5UYg1IgeU1gT5J3e9SU7y4Nnt58YzvjQy8Mrd4ASS5wcmzoeeTgCIQMkVWL7oT4x0lVxFQ32UcYWUjXolHXGj5iUkLlQ4gxeE0selJT3xvM_f0VBeSPNG4Bi uWsnoCxW6OLpkqmq5R3x1rzNpHYGRNwuLNn3ol8iCuSbRMLFB21C2HIFqJ2t4JGwNqzFJfC2lDuQMKBU2_DbF2NLP607X0vo=-G1MAAEQ3F5MuaShiKoLct8N3uFMOHFqUtuYBdrCDh6yoqs0eRB3yTOKszXmFgiOKKeyPyZaL3oGrIWJKjZv2bw==-e

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