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cut the rope.exe

MetaInstaller

LiveSoftAction SRL

This is the SIEN AppScion Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application cut the rope.exe by LiveSoftAction SRL has been detected as adware 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 SIEN SuperInstall installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from stapi.wvtxtalk.com.
Publisher:
LiveSoftAction  (signed by LiveSoftAction SRL)

Product:
MetaInstaller

Version:
10.6.3.0

MD5:
d7d2d0d10ac0f2e7c8149c9813b79916

SHA-1:
cf84f0ee034326401574ec10f5e71524d99a2b84

SHA-256:
730fc5c638a9df1b44b5ea29ae79037a72c17e2b76b87695bcce3bdbf5221bed

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/24/2024 4:27:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Sien.LiveSoft.Bundler (M)
16.6.28.4

File size:
602.9 KB (617,360 bytes)

Product version:
10.6.3.0

Copyright:
(c) LiveSoftAction. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
SIEN SuperInstall

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\cut the rope.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
LiveSoftAction SRL

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2015 8:08:38 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 8:08:38 AM

Subject:
CN=LiveSoftAction SRL, O=LiveSoftAction SRL, S=Bucuresti, C=RO

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00E5EF1873B1E13477

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/3/2016 1:24:20 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:92lsEzJO9D23VnzykQ3kLzMCo2ulfmWHD/3Kwu2/g:92lsCJO9DSzTpMC6OG/3K12/g

Entry address:
0x4B265

Entry point:
E8, 01, D3, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 57, 33, FF, 85, F6, 74, 1B, 6A, E0, 33, D2, 58, F7, F6, 3B, 45, 10, 73, 0F, E8, EA, D9, FF, FF, C7, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, EB, 3C, 0F, AF, 75, 10, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 85, DB, 74, 09, 53, E8, 31, 68, 00, 00, 59, 8B, F8, 56, 53, E8, 0A, F4, FF, FF, 8B, D8, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 15, 3B, FE, 73, 11, 2B, F7, 56, 8D, 04, 1F, 6A, 00, 50, E8, 12, 00, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, 8B, C3, 5B, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
6.6738

Code size:
401.5 KB (411,136 bytes)

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

http://stapi.wvtxtalk.com/api/.../setup.exe

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