crash bandicoot 2 - cortex strikes back.exe

The executable crash bandicoot 2 - cortex strikes back.exe has been detected as malware by 1 anti-virus scanner. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. The file has been seen being downloaded from m.villegend.com.
MD5:
a2a1cc6c1a2e7c001b68f845f6e20f8e

SHA-1:
109ed7791ddfdf0d33c36ffdc92d807b7c95f6a8

SHA-256:
d9e7f1fd1c4e77b41853efb7baeda6bbf42bc0d76ea0144ce7cec2a743d9b06f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Malware

Analysis date:
11/1/2024 11:23:15 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Win.Reputation.IMP
15.10.22.0

File size:
2.5 MB (2,604,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\crash bandicoot 2 - cortex strikes back.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/11/2012 4:07:04 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:AlaIGWqryNdWyHPY0VjCRdHMJFLuka3CE+In+udqqVeEeDlQ0XPNQK3A:hUrpvVVjsM/SFSKPsA/eRLXm+A

Entry address:
0x213C18

Entry point:
E8, 54, 12, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 70, 16, 64, 00, E8, 62, 17, 00, 00, E8, 23, 14, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, E7, 11, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, C8, 0B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
2.1 MB (2,199,040 bytes)

The file crash bandicoot 2 - cortex strikes back.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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