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memory-twister.exe

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application memory-twister.exe by Puzzle Zone Games 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-pz1.com.

File name:

memory-twister.exe

Publisher:

Puzzle Zone Games LLC (signed and verified)

MD5:

8897f70486da0647fb4d58de9c63c5e6

SHA-1:

93eb9b07c6b1680c8c93ebb2f530ee236b0bdc35

SHA-256:

59c54c0a79653cfe902c18922f5ca00dd275367c14249f11cccea0776d93e249

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 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:

12/26/2024 2:14:17 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

16.10.29.6

File size:

651 KB (666,584 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\memory-twister.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Puzzle Zone Games LLC

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/1/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/2/2015 2:59:59 AM

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:

148574E327EC8ED99B4372B65FF2B06D

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):

12288:IMGpgYKFmPkcZ6sw8q2j6MSECS16HA92SEKDjNRmlvJEfoWworOh4E:IMGmY7Pk2lq2j01SIg9NEK/NRmlx2oWo

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8510

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file memory-twister.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-pz1.com/dl.php?dl=pz/pz_21063.exe&dn=memory-twister.exe&sid=1579-il&pid=1524&browser=ch&ptrk=cs2knph91vvlgghegqdvu62lm5&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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