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gamingcandygames.exe

GamingCandy

The application gamingcandygames.exe by GamingCandy 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from gamingcandy.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
GamingCandy  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3b3edc4b6412a27bd7d954f4df31cf7b

SHA-1:
75851afed5a972bd596f52f068a0300e5957b1af

SHA-256:
042a959da3af115e12c131525f545855eeb4051edb388e38bb875264064a13d9

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/5/2024 2:20:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.GamingCandy
15.6.17.23

File size:
69.5 KB (71,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\gamingcandygames.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GamingCandy

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/24/2015 4:13:29 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 4:13:29 PM

Subject:
CN=GamingCandy, O=GamingCandy, L=Sacramento, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA440524F66114476B688D8F46FA99C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 5:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:WQpQ5EP0ijnRTXJhvHvRwdJCW+vyBe8AHAymFjM+rKcxW:WQIURTXJBP6/CIyHAFyIKcxW

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3821

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file gamingcandygames.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://gamingcandy.com/prm/clk?t=YTIwOTY1Nzc1NDGQjPdZoHE/.../1O9IjNTpMZ9YnOkRhVvRoxqw6RSeoLRpj C13hrU78fE4ZNkjpqhtEaIclXYIGNNHiVP5oCrrAoM2s4Me3C9Png==&c=gameId244

http://gamingcandy.com/prm/clk?t=YTEzMzMwODQyNzWuslbtmHRjqaih0MkOeHk4upEw 7V43zZBm8kIkIcesMZJBQ1rfHwlbgPxfLLGC7b4ygXqPKDHgBBIkQN16hDDUwuljLualugfZcGEy KwUV4M9fRBwYdslGNHep jIIx8M3/JmlDiFyc2UI9hndy3CSq7BlCm/Rb/.../w==&c=gameId217

http://gamingcandy.com/prm/clk?t=ODYzNTg1ODYyFFI7 8AZ4Ll6vdUY4qU1AO1u/pQjba3L3I80zBjRS 0UjeCJjac4WAp7iFJaSL2OXF/7yoD85ghGBMJUfnVE7Boy/kBQ0bpYDzCFQby3UQJjKaQZ6Q6GiOImjocPmQENoh/qaiGjxo8clYv/.../4=&c=gameId244

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