home

exploremedia.exe

The application exploremedia.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.playgemollection.com.
MD5:
bb83528dda7c2a22d5e799b68061a724

SHA-1:
bc2662bf75c89f153019388ace9c614b1ae72d7d

SHA-256:
35f6b5d2f8829acb181329862650ae6f2c0e16a6e7f5d9e465973cfd7e4fe193

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 1:00:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Kaspersky
UDS:DangerousObject.Multi.Generic
14.0.0.1691

Reason Heuristics
PUP.PlayGem
16.2.21.21

File size:
1.8 MB (1,837,924 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\playgem\exploremedia.exe

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:J3BBEDhaVkGaiTKXZhaQ6OUx2ieUSRHYAP8IMaCMGbVD1ZjSSBcC0BMJChTkgjAZ:J3BBEDhaVkGaiTKXZhaQ6OUx2ieUSRHY

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9705

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://cdn.playgemollection.com/.../PlayGem_v1_Setup.exe

Remove exploremedia.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.