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Bibado Investments, S.L.

The application grand-theft-auto-online.exe, “Application Setup ” by Bibado Investments, S.L has been detected as adware 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 Bibado Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.ranchgiftconecpt.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
web   (signed by Bibado Investments, S.L.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
2.7.4.6

MD5:
c520597922e8c12b8d547fff2a097a1d

SHA-1:
e44deea5c2c3a5e8b89b9e49bdfaa85f4bb56eba

SHA-256:
bf40c14be9a1c899d9527ce5536f4e20d9e818552ce49b7cbddf276e60abd037

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 10:48:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bibado.BibadoInvestments.Bundler (M)
16.2.4.17

File size:
992.1 KB (1,015,880 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.1

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bibado Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\grand-theft-auto-online.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bibado Investments, S.L.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/12/2016 6:57:03 AM

Valid to:
4/2/2017 3:32:01 AM

Subject:
CN="Bibado Investments, S.L.", O="Bibado Investments, S.L.", L=Alcorcon, C=ES

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

Serial number:
1121212301396FAE08B19C17F8D9578163C9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JA2IK6wP1B2S23/pcjqN56HmqUBHXWH8wrtqQCjzCw:JFpdP/2NRcmN5muuqQCyw

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.9210

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file grand-theft-auto-online.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://www.ranchgiftconecpt.com/c?x=ZCOniRdEVpuvkG2j9KQ9Af9eAFopgXJpYuybM32m F0=&c=AzQUJZkYEbnyW66oUh9vPYiC/WBI/PU8smJ8ByYAbo58pHq5ToUd/RNBTHVYmJ15kDXUUk0O5//elQS8llwyG8WStZwdZ1Sayg9yrVmXt7qsI44s3Nvoj7v3bLNlCuXh&downloadAs=grand-theft-auto-online.exe&fallback_url=http://www.rockstargames.com/.../GTAOnline

http://www.ranchgiftconecpt.com/c?x=6i0qCgzp2E3PMaDYUJnetLOJPwzyUMnHGqQP1Losicg=&c=wExweLXP5kjw8Wm/j6osFzOhVKDmFeY0Kn1JYFfcH5 IHLWTiOHBHXt0IpwUXFZMJ2IQwLUuXmT5b5KPeeNL3AW4pc8XjIJSSCXet2qaIJXToa1Kehuhry/3s0Mmyi3e&downloadAs=grand-theft-auto-online.exe&fallback_url=http://www.rockstargames.com/.../GTAOnline

http://www.bundletowercenter.com/c?x=5JBqrStapjadW5EAzFN1bmM43ZK4kLxOUrsCNkbSK s=&c=RiImzrDocj7V3b sJSJTjxHtN5 eFB5iNk82Ma9Ggyx5mn4dah36QUqqgEj08c lc599rmsoBdVO1fkp7nbRfPtkIwflJC/11VIcEH7k Zi0To9oxufzONkjGNgqt3KY&downloadAs=grand-theft-auto-online.exe&fallback_url=http://www.rockstargames.com/.../GTAOnline

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