crusadersofspace.exe

Soft

Alawar Entertainment Inc

The application crusadersofspace.exe, “Soft Setup ” by Alawar Entertainment Inc 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.atarata.com.
Publisher:
Prog Generic Web   (signed by Alawar Entertainment Inc)

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
2.2.3.7

MD5:
3b4bf6f890fcf8e34ab7452f454cbf9f

SHA-1:
e51ef59d8d3f1549aba0897e1d5aaafcd1e61037

SHA-256:
8c7bdad1fc76dfb1356ec9d295e34115bc2e2fb6892d569a4bec132c46b8873f

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:
12/28/2024 9:59:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RES (M)
16.6.24.1

File size:
792.8 KB (811,848 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.5

Copyright:
App

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/16/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Alawar Entertainment Inc, O=Alawar Entertainment Inc, L=Alexandria, S=Virginia, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7798F5A799C083FC2492ADE559B1C5E2

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:RA/Gg03GwkaKZSaFaxnMnYw3SfU7RKVj0:RxgPak6xnMYw33

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, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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