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the_sims.exe

MediaMagnet Downloader

Digital Pine Ltd.

The application the_sims.exe by Digital Pine 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 desk1.loadnet3.ru.
Publisher:
Digital Pine, LLC  (signed by Digital Pine Ltd.)

Product:
MediaMagnet Downloader

Version:
0.1.1.1226

MD5:
d61c9545128a394b23577cdde4ef6935

SHA-1:
7683b907a20ae012fbf57feb978416f2579bb684

SHA-256:
a64112f5ea14abfb0b21f192a9cf7921c3a2133d0a092b111352dd67b8f6d115

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:
2/25/2025 5:35:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DigitalPine (M)
16.9.1.23

File size:
460.7 KB (471,760 bytes)

Product version:
0.1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013 Digital Pine, LLC

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
Russian (Russia)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Digital Pine Ltd.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/11/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/12/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Digital Pine Ltd., O=Digital Pine Ltd., STREET=6/2 Bibirevskaya str., L=Moscow, S=Moscow region, PostalCode=127549, C=RU

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E39AE2FFCF82491AD38E3D76B952D04E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/2/2015 2:54:04 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PQ1sW26Oaj0hSw888888888888W88888888888u8Z:Y1kaj0Eri

Entry address:
0x54BEC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, D4, F8, 44, 00, E8, 70, 56, FB, FF, E8, CB, AB, FF, FF, E8, 8A, 10, FB, FF, 8B, C0, 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...
 
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Entropy:
6.2742

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
333 KB (340,992 bytes)

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

http://desk1.loadnet3.ru/download?id=1256&l=The Sims&u=aHR0cDovL25ldy1zaW1zNC5pbi9nYW1lc2ltcy90aGVfc2ltc180LmV4ZQ==&f=The Sims&type=

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