» retrogamersetup2.5.11.3.pd^rg^xdm647^yy^mx.intl720300gamessonic.exe
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retrogamersetup2.5.11.3.pd^rg^xdm647^yy^mx.intl720300gamessonic.exe

Mindspark Interactive Network

This is the installer stub for the Mindspark (Retrogamer/Ask) browser toolbar which provides the offer to the end user to install the toolbar and set the browser's search, home page and new tab to an Ask.com search destination. The application retrogamersetup2.5.11.3.pd^rg^xdm647^yy^mx.intl720300gamessonic.exe by Mindspark Interactive Network has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. While running, it connects to the Internet address anx.mindspark.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

Retrogamer (signed by Mindspark Interactive Network)

Product:

Retrogamer

Version:

2, 0, 4, 9

MD5:

5cdc243cb2b79862f0e62ec6bdf7485b

SHA-1:

b40c5319097d237d688baa1f6afb58b09b65f481

SHA-256:

3d62cbcfe0a7f05bd64a17f87175a7026a3c550754934aeda40edfbe1c14a1d0

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

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.

Analysis date:

11/26/2024 11:38:11 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Mindspark (M)

17.3.15.22

File size:

3 MB (3,156,344 bytes)

Product version:

2, 0, 4, 9

Original file name:

4wSetup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\retrogamersetup2.5.11.3.pd^rg^xdm647^yy^mx.intl720300gamessonic.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Mindspark Interactive Network

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/9/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/6/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Mindspark Interactive Network, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Mindspark Interactive Network, L=White Plains, S=NewYork, 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:

098417F7EA6406EC7B320590E17A65B7

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

12/4/2012 8:11:53 PM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

Entry address:

0x3C0B

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 44, 53, 56, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 10, 51, 40, 00, A3, 6C, 6E, 40, 00, FF, 15, 98, 50, 40, 00, 8B, 1D, 94, 50, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 85, F6, 75, 04, 6A, FF, FF, D3, 8A, 06, 57, 8B, 3D, 68, 51, 40, 00, 3C, 22, 75, 1B, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 8A, 06, 3C, 22, 74, 04, 84, C0, 75, F1, 80, 3E, 22, 75, 15, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, EB, 0E, 3C, 20, 7E, 0A, 56, FF, D7, 8B, F0, 80, 3E, 20, 7F, F6, 8A, 06, 84, C0, 74, 04, 3C, 20, 7E, E1, 83, 65, E8, 00, 8D, 45, BC, 50, FF, 15, 90, 50, 40, 00, E8, 2D, 00, 00, 00, F6, 45... 
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Entropy:

7.9381

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

16 KB (16,384 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to www187.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to anx.mindspark.com (74.113.233.187:80)

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