super-mario-kart.exe

Game Awesome LLC

The application super-mario-kart.exe by Game Awesome has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from installerlaunch-ggh1.com.
Publisher:
Game Awesome LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
336a042399068c097a2617c96b2f0316

SHA-1:
34219a6b83fa811b8d6ea0dd4dd4451dcafae55e

SHA-256:
31d58f7afe9cf8b7f3909f446c56c3d6a3777791321821ef375e5ad9e214adbd

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 2:50:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Adware InstallCore.NJ
2015.0.4591

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.80
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.15474411
11.5.0.6191

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.AZ potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.S.gen
4.6.5.141

Norman
Trojan.Generic.15474411
19.05.2016 01:04:49

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GameAwes (M)
16.7.15.14

File size:
1.1 MB (1,194,112 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/10/2012 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/6/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Game Awesome LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Game Awesome LLC, L=Weston, 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:
082CB3EC06ACAE2DAA2C8AA5685B84F6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:x9fSxQ39+s3GPkjM/lHl35XtXVHKo3tDbiFULEA:x9CQt+s3OkjM/XVtXVHKodMULz

Entry address:
0xD6B90

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 24, 09, 42, 00, E8, DE, D9, FF, FF, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.7666

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
869.5 KB (890,368 bytes)

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

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