the sims 3.exe

CHummer

New IT Limited

This is part of a bundled installer which provides applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application the sims 3.exe, “Description is empty” by New IT Limited has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from 4sd.getafilefast.net.
Publisher:
Elit -e - Company  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
CHummer

Description:
Description is empty

Version:
3, 4, 17, 0

MD5:
8e680f784868bbedf35c4336f8371fdd

SHA-1:
657f87e9966b513f5d6b651e22c410804dc5cfd6

SHA-256:
07b44c4b7242531c8dcf4315050cd29a52ebc9ef7568f308d2ff49e695af2a25

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.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 12:34:54 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited.NewIT (M)
16.7.6.10

File size:
36.2 KB (37,072 bytes)

Product version:
3, 3, 53, 0

Copyright:
2014

Trademarks:
No

Original file name:
DHelper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\the sims 3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
5/14/2014 3:00:04 PM

Valid to:
12/30/2016 9:33:53 AM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=Starfield Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.starfieldtech.com/repository/, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
049768F7F19C91

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/4/2014 6:19:14 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:8SrdaL6UcunGk10t/r3eidddddddOe8WqW:8S5AZGk1Y/zfdddddddOe8WqW

Entry address:
0x2586

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 8D, 45, F0, 50, C7, 45, F0, 08, 00, 00, 00, C7, 45, F4, 20, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 00, 30, 40, 00, 68, 28, 0A, 00, 00, BE, 38, 43, B8, 00, 56, 33, DB, 53, FF, 15, 94, 30, 40, 00, 53, 68, 80, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 03, 53, 6A, 01, 68, 00, 00, 00, 80, 56, FF, 15, 8C, 30, 40, 00, 8B, F0, 83, FE, FF, 0F, 84, 95, 00, 00, 00, 56, E8, 6F, EE, FF, FF, 59, 56, 88, 45, FF, FF, 15, 90, 30, 40, 00, 38, 5D, FF, 74, 7F, 66, 39, 1D, 28, 90, 40, 00, 74, 0A, B8, 28, 90, 40, 00, E8, 86, EF, FF, FF, E8...
 
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Entropy:
5.7573

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
6 KB (6,144 bytes)

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