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Alawar Entertainment Inc

The application finding-doggy.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.pl.
Publisher:
Prog Generic Web   (signed by Alawar Entertainment Inc)

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
2.2.3.7

MD5:
888363f6c9a4d83a948d350cf058fbc0

SHA-1:
c29f21fb4512cf6d3f9c6bcd9e0eedc05b5abfa8

SHA-256:
6f81073ffd8661daba8bb311047254b4d1a53bba043462b7ee46f847b042f5cf

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 8:38:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.RES (M)
16.5.9.12

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\finding-doggy.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Alawar Entertainment Inc

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:wA/Gg03GwkaKZSaFaxnMnYw3SfU7RKVj0:wxgPak6xnMYw33

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)

The file finding-doggy.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.atarata.pl/.../AtarataFindingDoggyFreePl.exe

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