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TapGamez 2013 LTD

The application setup.exe by TapGamez 2013 has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from d3.peackapp.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address www.ibbalance.com on port 443.
Publisher:
Installer  (signed by TapGamez 2013 LTD)

Product:
Installer

Version:
1.48.0.0

MD5:
22fad6274ab396bb763c6cedb61f61de

SHA-1:
fda386562e9e931c68e252eb660d1abae0a9cacd

SHA-256:
95e94245dd821d2179c4ef8d2d603e9afabfeb47341461f2c734f79c3e221eda

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:
2/25/2025 11:48:21 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TapGamez.Installe.Installer (M)
16.6.7.10

File size:
409.3 KB (419,168 bytes)

Product version:
1.48.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TapGamez 2013 LTD

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/15/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TapGamez 2013 LTD, O=TapGamez 2013 LTD, STREET=1 habarzel st., L=tel aviv, S=israel, PostalCode=69710, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BD65286DA248840F6ECF8F4305066E9F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/14/2015 1:15:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:5nDD9OqE4tqfqqzdLfqHSOGrqR1zhrz3Mi4yeqI4lgDdiUGlcK:pDD994zBfA/zjBYi4yeqIyhqK

Entry address:
0x118D70

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 70, 4C, 00, 8D, BE, 00, A0, F3, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8931

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
328 KB (335,872 bytes)

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

http://d3.peackapp.com/.../?p=ZXh0c3lzPTEmYWZmaWQ9Mjk3MTkyJmNpZD0xMDAmY3I9MTAwJmxvYz1lbiZhZmZpbGlhdGVyZWZlcmVuY2VpZD1sYXgxQ0szRDdZanRsN0stWFJBQ0dJUEVqNDdPZzhEaFBpSU5Oekl1TWpBMExqUTNMakl5TVNnQk1MSF8zYVVGJmNhbXBpZD0yODI0NTY=

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

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