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penguin-super-kart.exe

Duck Play, LLC.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application penguin-super-kart.exe by Duck Play 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-mm1.com.
Publisher:
Duck Play, LLC.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
67aad28701513c9b99b50add61c72e79

SHA-1:
b7e8b1794951869ad2e21cc259dd739cf5f99071

SHA-256:
9058a5d9f685cfb7d843fd8ad7e99ae95912f0369e045a2fab55e934c3289533

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 12:40:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.8.8.22

File size:
772 KB (790,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\penguin-super-kart.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Duck Play, LLC.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/6/2012 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Duck Play, LLC.", OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O="Duck Play, LLC.", L=Plantation, S=Florida, 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:
61BB10A02680B1BE9CBF105FD54BEAAA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3mvsO1dolZhtCAfUsTnH2cA5051ilxHroWJ:3mz1doD9acAi51Y8W

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file penguin-super-kart.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://installerlaunch-mm1.com/dl.php?dl=mm/mm_21924.exe&dn=penguin-super-kart.exe&sid=1579-br&pid=1514&browser=ch&ptrk=do0etpnj6l8o1hn9u72q2js3i6&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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