the_sims_4-_deluxe_edition_update_2_2014_pc_-_r1-torrent.exe

Evgen Kugitko

This is a WebPick installer that bundles (with very minimal user consent) a number of adware browser extensions which inject ads in the browser. The application the_sims_4-_deluxe_edition_update_2_2014_pc_-_r1-torrent.exe by Evgen Kugitko has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from ec2-54-88-185-190.compute-1.amazonaws.com.
Publisher:
DLE Express Installs  (signed by Evgen Kugitko)

Product:
DLE Express Installs

Version:
3.0.0.1

MD5:
98c43215e49ec9a58c0687b3105ee6ae

SHA-1:
67ac314a7534cbd4d2fbca0db7e5517718910aad

SHA-256:
8c45a1219d7adc566c1172beadec6f2a97276c24e3ceccb83d93494c7c52fb06

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:
12/27/2024 2:06:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Webpick.EvgenKug.Installer (M)
16.7.10.1

File size:
522.2 KB (534,760 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\the_sims_4-_deluxe_edition_update_2_2014_pc_-_r1-torrent.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/25/2015 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Evgen Kugitko, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Kiev, S=Kiev, C=UA

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4179EA1BEC59D4CA7E66862832555480

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:FsHu9fo2gnx9fnBeqKNvXWlfzN5d2tZTcDOLoBYJB:FcuG2gnheq2vXWlfRriTcyv

Entry address:
0x15BC17

Entry point:
8D, 05, 10, 80, 53, 00, 8B, 10, 0F, B6, 12, 80, EA, B8, 0F, 85, B1, 3B, FF, FF, 50, 0F, 84, FA, C3, FD, 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...
 
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Code size:
686 KB (702,464 bytes)

The file the_sims_4-_deluxe_edition_update_2_2014_pc_-_r1-torrent.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.