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GamingCandy Games

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 file has been seen being downloaded from pofj.gamingcandy.com.
Publisher:
GamingCandy  (signed and verified)

Product:
GamingCandy Games

Description:
GamingCandy GUI

Version:
3.0.3936

MD5:
e6c78bdec36b8a94264c8c17235c8692

SHA-1:
f66365b0f2bf56122624cc3873331cac7f74c683

SHA-256:
050312ac0843c69870a89be06941056c2476e85ef14103f3d3e69584bb10d35f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 6:40:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GamingCa (M)
16.6.6.9

File size:
502.5 KB (514,544 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.3936

Copyright:
Copyright (C) GamingCandy 2014

Original file name:
GUI

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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 1:13:29 PM

Valid to:
4/24/2016 1:13:29 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:
4/29/2015 1:24:57 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Yh8CZeqNRO7bMjb8WgrgEZ2RyspX/XBsqMH:YhvQ7bERgH4y8XBsq0

Entry address:
0x30826

Entry point:
E8, 67, 92, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, 8B, 4D, 08, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C9, 75, 66, E8, B1, 86, 00, 00, 8B, D0, 89, 56, 08, 8B, 4A, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 4A, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, F4, 97, 46, 00, 74, 11, A1, BC, 98, 46, 00, 85, 42, 70, 75, 07, E8, 2A, 96, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 68, 91, 46, 00, 74, 15, 8B, 4E, 08, A1, BC, 98, 46, 00, 85, 41, 70, 75, 08, E8, 8D, 99, 00, 00, 89, 46, 04, 8B, 4E, 08, 8B, 41, 70, A8, 02, 75, 16, 83, C8, 02, 89, 41, 70, C6, 46, 0C, 01, EB...
 
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Entropy:
6.3629

Code size:
317.5 KB (325,120 bytes)

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

http://pofj.gamingcandy.com/prm/.../LgEAxIp7uoBIYgCVwKbhDTCgHLTnztUJ2GUzUUvniedavxycQloRvpTP4giPlr6g==

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