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Pretty Good Solitaire

Goodsol Development Inc.

The application gdsol.exe, “Pretty Good Solitaire Setup ” by Goodsol Development 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 Inno Setup installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from goo.gl and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Goodsol Development Inc.   (signed by Goodsol Development Inc.)

Product:
Pretty Good Solitaire

Description:
Pretty Good Solitaire Setup

MD5:
978f230b373e9909a6a2a73a49075a88

SHA-1:
4feb91bf85457bd623f3b6a01472fc76d1bfa12f

SHA-256:
8616a8a5773b8efb53a8589c829b3139231202c47e75a4069fd91a3e6e2dc089

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 7:36:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.1.2

File size:
17.1 MB (17,915,136 bytes)

Product version:
16.3.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 1995-2016 Goodsol Development Inc.

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Goodsol Development Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/30/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/30/2017 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Goodsol Development Inc., O=Goodsol Development Inc., POBox=PO Box 9155, STREET=3508 Persimmon Dr, L=Springfield, S=Illinois, PostalCode=62712, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E133BAD00C513B2A84FD84DB851637B5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
393216:UNByotATpXk8oyAcWHybp2c8ATro2FG+7cyBDW5rV0QHuNULRSqAj+vSK:aIotgp+epRZU2FQUDW5vCULRYyvB

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9988

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file gdsol.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://goo.gl/f8cc7i

http://www.goodsol.com/.../gdsol.exe

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