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fruit-bubble.exe

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application fruit-bubble.exe by Puzzle Zone Games 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-pz1.com.

File name:

fruit-bubble.exe

Publisher:

Puzzle Zone Games LLC (signed and verified)

MD5:

3dda9c6b9ea2ad6c9d42ab8d54a056bc

SHA-1:

c22c99705f5467c48f177535ed13c088d54aa7fb

SHA-256:

bae434653cded3741f6bc627de5edd8bc6ab223652485a164ce9ecd2b8b6b4fe

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:

12/26/2024 6:49:40 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore.PuzzleZo (M)

16.6.17.8

File size:

747.4 KB (765,336 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\fruit-bubble.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/31/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/1/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, L=Jersey City, S=New Jersey, C=US

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

148574E327EC8ED99B4372B65FF2B06D

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:FMJfsGshNcHG2JGtCvLCYu7ljTs60bn4Unr31qh7jgt2WcJzDxn+UxMnhXkkwxa0:FMJfsLhZ2JNCYGls6A31kjAUZoUxMnBB

Entry address:

0x98CC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8499

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file fruit-bubble.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-pz1.com/dl.php?dl=pz/pz_17947_v2.exe&dn=fruit-bubble.exe&sid=1591-us&pid=1313&browser=ch&ptrk=ue3har4o004ac498g9oo719jm4&SCHEME_EXT=Optimized&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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