roblox_game_downloader.exe

File Validated

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application roblox_game_downloader.exe by File Validated 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 InstallMetrix Software installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from pcfileddl.com.
Publisher:
File Validated  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7eebd2176e9449c03e59de53fa7a91c5

SHA-1:
3b464f7cb081420a674aa875c7c86f0a5656fb71

SHA-256:
dff0f769d908be76cc1f48ec6ff31542334e18a431f6bfaa1e9dbdf82282f3fb

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:
12/25/2024 3:44:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix (M)
16.7.25.17

File size:
1.1 MB (1,145,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/26/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/27/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Validated, OU=File Validated, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1C96D72469336B0857534EE1D7E9701D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2015 9:14:26 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Xtb20pkaCqT5TBWgNQ7awQ8P/Fm5gB8It65VI6Aa:UVg5tQ7awpP/F1+785a

Entry address:
0x25F74

Entry point:
E8, 6A, CE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, A3, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0541

Code size:
557.5 KB (570,880 bytes)

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