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jigsaw-mania.exe

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

The application jigsaw-mania.exe by Puzzle Zone Games has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-pz1.com.
Publisher:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
67863d2a6819bddd04e06ba9eb60cace

SHA-1:
5a04740f3c8d011bb7627ed81157392adc3e2e77

SHA-256:
6c3ce9b000adcbde8e2ad19f50bb039cd2e924f8e2b4b3060431f06bcf6383bd

Scanner detections:
7 / 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.

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 4:34:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.InstallCore
2014.08.14

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.166.250

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AZ potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.S.gen
4.6.5.141

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!67863D2A6819
16.8.708.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14811

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4835495
32186

File size:
1.1 MB (1,187,984 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\jigsaw-mania.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Puzzle Zone Games LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/5/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/4/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Puzzle Zone Games LLC, L=Jersey City, S=New Jersey, 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:
1249461A4B442753DD7C8267ADC2C76F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:YSxvQUjIcBjPaJwjV915deHiXInx535e3uKhs4II6BQManVwl3+KPYrGoJtb:YStZwi9jd4i63o3LHII6BQManAuKP+v

Entry address:
0xD6850

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 50, 16, 41, 00, E8, D0, F4, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.7377

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
869.5 KB (890,368 bytes)

The file jigsaw-mania.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-pz1.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-pz1.com/pz_5638.exe&dn=jigsaw-mania.exe&sid=1579-KMG-v1&pid=1211&browser=chrome&ptrk=s7tp5hi76hpfq91achmjko0jc6&DOP=2&typ=http://.../ty.php

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