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gardenscapes-setup.exe

Ebooks Media

The application gardenscapes-setup.exe by Ebooks Media has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.playfin.com a web site host known to distribute potentially unwanted software operated by Download Admin.
Publisher:
Ebooks Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
eBooks Media

Version:
81.5.6.8830

MD5:
155a5c008cbf84cbfc55cdd7e5256aa7

SHA-1:
a4594df8811c5ca26ae4c2d2c738f0b36a827d05

SHA-256:
75b54e1477b4293483a38120ec7e063713d5777aec15eb5112a30fa4355d7b57

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 6:12:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadAdmin.EbooksMe.Installer (M)
16.6.25.21

File size:
868.9 KB (889,744 bytes)

Product version:
81.5.6.8830

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

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}\gardenscapes-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Ebooks Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/3/2015 2:01:38 AM

Valid to:
9/6/2016 5:41:42 PM

Subject:
CN=Ebooks Media, O=Ebooks Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
6986F899668DE1FC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/17/2014 9:04:46 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rRgljRK87UwDRaDwewZyy+R8sHMTZeJq6TbEdKrH:4RK87UwtacewAyYMT4qsFrH

Entry address:
0x4601

Entry point:
E8, FA, 92, 00, 00, E9, FE, 8B, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 83, E4, C0, 83, EC, 34, 53, 56, 57, E8, 2F, 12, 00, 00, 8B, F0, A3, 10, 45, 41, 00, 85, F6, 75, 15, 68, F0, 42, 41, 00, E8, FA, DA, FF, FF, 83, C4, 04, 6A, 37, FF, 15, 58, F0, 40, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 56, E8, 02, 11, 00, 00, 56, E8, EC, 0F, 00, 00, 8B, 5D, 08, 6A, 00, 53, 56, E8, 90, 11, 00, 00, 33, FF, 83, C4, 1C, 89, 7C, 24, 3C, 85, DB, 7E, 34, 8D, 49, 00, DB, 44, 24, 3C, 83, EC, 08, DD, 1C, 24, 56, E8, 10, 11, 00, 00, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9691  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

The file gardenscapes-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.playfin.com/download/.../dl?bc=931293&pid=TR&brand=playfin.com&aid=Gardenscapes&s=msn&c=1Srch.US.BigFish.SingleGames.PM&country=US&cb=681631133&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1197159

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