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sims2patch.exe

The Sims 2

RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC.

The application sims2patch.exe by RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from the-sims-2.pt.1800download.com.
Publisher:
RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC.  (signed and verified)

Product:
The Sims 2

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
e2f6d551f7d568bfd37a04026337fcf3

SHA-1:
b28665b86d25d8c6a702482aa9172690012e3db5

SHA-256:
62ab7f80e549d0bea58d163d8fd472df739b8ef3c0b53ce2e519c720cb89abc5

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:
12/26/2024 11:14:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.25.7

File size:
415.9 KB (425,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sims2patch.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC.

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/16/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/17/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC., O=RICH MEDIA SYSTEMS INC., L=HENDERSON, S=Nevada, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3F87144C25AF8BCF29F29C5A1FEEF4BA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/19/2013 8:53:00 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x331C

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 92, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 92, 42, 00, E8, A8, 2E, 00, 00, A3, E4, 91, 42, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, 90, 06, 42, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 71, 40, 00, 68, 7C, 93, 40, 00, 68, E0, 81, 42, 00, E8, 13, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 71, 40, 00, BB, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 53, E8, 01, 2B, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24 KB (24,576 bytes)

The file sims2patch.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://the-sims-2.pt.1800download.com/get_azure_file/wUiS4WnYccXDyCf4UfO5CV530RJ0YyqsWxLzYNbB8btj8Can/ytvyckFbk3kYqmlZieuyxdSMGmeGOq1E/Y9xbNykY7dXk7E7SShBkfzunO2jPPSrNzT0mlJq4dvwEdJF3ygACwyzZ19oWy5SGjaSr9W2oe4YyUMK7M0JQoOO6fyUnttc43EJREwyviwAC1mcoP4w 83DGi4sUjE3/.../4O h1zyfPwsy3m0CIxX78OxUTqw7tKS2n1kNO5dEMxoK3RguuCtD14lnB3z3dxOAS3zDU75oJD2hFZxLHmdsmsc1pQ=

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