Nfs3dheartclock.exe

Gekkon Ltd

The application Nfs3dheartclock.exe by Gekkon has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 9 anti-malware scanners. 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 newfreescreensavers.com.
Publisher:
Gekkon Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ef93df8b73657b0f11007f7d1b0a275d

SHA-1:
a09f055015935ca955cc4a38e9572fbb2b0a42f3

SHA-256:
7dd122162d0dcbaf7c4e46593c9ae19dc7fc0eacc6a8293d62a8f11389157bfc

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
11/23/2024 6:17:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18160

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0114

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BC (variant)
8.9718

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11873

Malwarebytes
v2014.04.24.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Gekkon.P
14.7.10.2

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28574

File size:
717.4 KB (734,576 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\nfs3dheartclock.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
5/13/2013 10:57:19 AM

Valid to:
8/13/2016 10:57:19 AM

Subject:
E=is@newfreescreensavers.com, CN=Gekkon Ltd, O=Gekkon Ltd, L=Mahe, S=Seychelles, C=SC

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

Serial number:
11219BA4649A3898A4F37C1CE7782C46FAEA

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1QFaPRjtbxh7FzQ52W9l4SB9JppABXB66EKbIeZyhkcGCd1nsvn95AK6z3XNP3uL:1QFsNtlhFzgP9aSB9xUgX+GhrGCd1svF

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.7613

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file Nfs3dheartclock.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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