gamingwonderland.2a4c896271fe44dd820effd254103267.exe

GamingWonderland

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc./Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application gamingwonderland.2a4c896271fe44dd820effd254103267.exe, “GamingWonderland Setup” by Mindspark Interactive Network 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.
Publisher:
Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc.  (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:
GamingWonderland

Description:
GamingWonderland Setup

Version:
2.7.1.1000

MD5:
b3e2c6ca27020627e504e5de9251b694

SHA-1:
0811d3ec34ae2171d8cbc051947f351c492f5f43

SHA-256:
405d833ecfa83cd9d1e4bb65184b6d8ab5762e9b1f7154eedb266ad9c695d488

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:
11/23/2024 10:42:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Mindspark (M)
17.2.8.18

File size:
366.9 KB (375,736 bytes)

Product version:
2.7.1.1000

Copyright:
© 2015 Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

Trademarks:
® & ™ Mindspark Interactive Network, Inc. An IAC Company. All rights reserved.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\gamingwonderland.2a4c896271fe44dd820effd254103267.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
4/19/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/18/2018 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=Yonkers, S=New York, 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:
438D4291E43C2DFFEEAAAEE5B6C070B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/24/2013 9:01:44 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x3229

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 4F, 43, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, 4E, 43, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, B1, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 3E, 43, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, F0, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.9136

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file gamingwonderland.2a4c896271fe44dd820effd254103267.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 37 URLs.

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.88ed2641d9fd4d9aa543e327a4c2d7a5.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.db083cc3d9f24e74876649d703196d3a.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.1dd317663675459d804709fe25a2526d.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.17db224109a24c6c8847e246378324a1.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.becc99bb131647c1b95158f9f377f15a.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.b854d00d61f04988ac2e89d8982eb17e.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.f4bd89288bbe4fe3b61fad27af73ac4a.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.43022b4b49144918823fad1743c9e901.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.da419ec7c00845bcbb9af34884b3cea4.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.41bc3f5625b4481eb85d40cc84c5ece1.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.869b1383d5bb46619b53eb8f3e44ad03.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.4835d37b27a34c9d89224fecdeebe9e6.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.a474f8de8ad34799988587f157837e79.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.cd70778f551848f784e8b961c8383873.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.6fc7eace68b84f858be1033d46a00879.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.a11f2ac4eff0409c8877584719e3fcd9.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.a3d105a505cd41e5812603b21ddcc90e.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.46dd840ccb0c4bd1944544d53dd166fc.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.e696422fd7934fa1955df8af635b7a71.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.b5f52d881df442dabb5c88688305f9c6.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.0f6326a27a0a4f89a6f2ae3301554e2a.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.3553f6e5bacd4ecc9093fc15bce6d571.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.0be5ae6885c04a9c9de61c641c7712fe.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.371d7b1914f44340ab7306f3adb35ccb.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.613e5869afdb4cea9723623751d95533.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.bcba43855ef04479bcf0d558b364b9fa.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.7d16640ed9444833b246871b49bdd50d.exe

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http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.2bf4856bed30476a83092a7a5c9956a1.exe

http://ak.imgfarm.com/images/nocache/vicinio/installers/v2/100000425.TTAB02.1/nsis/717685-TTAB02.1/170207132459399/.../GamingWonderland.710b7c22edd3441fbb9906f7489f6d9e.exe

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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

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Connects to 74.113.233.180.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.180:443)

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Connects to 74.113.235.138.dub.iaccap.com  (74.113.235.138:443)

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Connects to 74.113.233.192.df.iaccap.com  (74.113.233.192:80)

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Connects to 74.113.237.180.lv.iaccap.com  (74.113.237.180:443)

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Connects to a23-212-188-186.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.212.188.186:443)

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Connects to a23-64-73-218.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.64.73.218:443)

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Connects to a23-33-164-183.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.33.164.183:443)

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Connects to a23-76-195-110.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.76.195.110:443)

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