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super-mario.exe

Game Awesome LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application super-mario.exe by Game Awesome has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program 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:
9b0c4d543efc50b4fd9fe73eed2c6ce6

SHA-1:
6318f4e067baa34f97af793713c7ddb83ac817a1

SHA-256:
215073236b4100c72a27541c6c391fd18a1d095340a0a30e9c6e1b2252b9730e

Scanner detections:
3 / 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.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 8:09:37 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BX potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.225.2251.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GameAwes (M)
16.7.25.1

File size:
857.3 KB (877,896 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Awesome LLC

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:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:iyMJfseHb7mVcZ0GJh9irGsz12/Yz3ITPk8dUMXmtPgRHc+p:ilJfseHO+F9cx4/m3ITMeUMXmtITp

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8471

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://installerlaunch-ggh1.com/index.php?dl=download.installerlaunch-ggh1.com/ggh_13917_v2.exe&dn=super-mario.exe&sid=4721-us&pid=1289&browser=chrome&ptrk=be2gellsut726qeulmhur1up02&SCHEME_EXT=Optimized&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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