grandtheftauto_game_downloader.exe

Kegorate

File Validated

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application grandtheftauto_game_downloader.exe, “Kegorate Setup ” by File Validated 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 InstallMetrix Software installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Len   (signed by File Validated)

Product:
Kegorate

Description:
Kegorate Setup

MD5:
29e178e48d6c677456001f9ea5e2277a

SHA-1:
33b7c3ab90a4b319f16128484b2ddeff97f9ae49

SHA-256:
72a4aac3df04260dcb713a30b616f9c9f910814c71d1c6b2de9905a7d9d6966a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 7:42:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore (M)
17.3.16.8

File size:
1.2 MB (1,272,512 bytes)

Product version:
1.6.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\grandtheftauto_game_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2016 4:33:01 AM

Valid to:
2/2/2017 4:33:01 AM

Subject:
CN=File Validated, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

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

Serial number:
112127B04ABA745F034A3BB2B235BBD0A1E4

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xAA98

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 2E, 86, FF, FF, E8, 35, 98, FF, FF, E8, 9C, 9B, FF, FF, E8, B7, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 56, BF, FF, FF, E8, ED, E8, FF, FF, E8, 54, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 69, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 32, B1, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, D0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, C2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 24, 93, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 66, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9846

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

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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

http://www.vaultsconceptsapps.com/YmmTxSxVkGGpdZrZVs1AigAJRfgBVKZCzCc6zVXvmYHjF2W0Y_PmjOFGOheo OslvibBBdqCBUR7Ob2Nwi_1hZGA080u5NgYoWkvE3bC0gCy9CZPHwIqShh6wjqpcdog93Tuq9OF4ZEv9JwgYjWm0S_U4Mpv0FX8_CyTBWqHEeuHkHelhrYft5YnrQLOhsofi7UafJaNAqQdCp3tjqAgX0a5Hh ZKJXrH5HidU2feRGKNwydnM0=-G1UAAMTfZj9Or wnuE2RaRBExMGBQw4cvgcsgQTBxhieLUgv17juCZtB_2vHzfNIwW19X6SlMng5WEpBSs5QngxiaTaIWs0S9329Ug==

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