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thesimsorigin.exe

The Sims 4

EA

The application thesimsorigin.exe, “The Sims 4 Origin” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The installer uses the InstallMonetizer platform which will donwload and install adware toolbars and other potentially unwanted software offers during setup. The file has been seen being downloaded from origin.uploadtobox.com.
Publisher:
EA

Product:
The Sims 4

Description:
The Sims 4 Origin

Version:
4

MD5:
0d01eb1ae56623d506899ef86cbac31d

SHA-1:
77dc46b68a7631fe7081f8273a73dc1ce7527eec

SHA-256:
32d4ee80e9b904e2f43874586e67a2f8c54637ff6c248aef5050e361ed5a1bb5

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallMonetizer distribution platform to bundle adware.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 11:50:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallMonetizer.AN potentially unwanted application
8.0.319.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMonetizer.ET (M)
16.7.6.17

File size:
427.3 KB (437,537 bytes)

Product version:
4

Copyright:
EA

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:41 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:JLXB65939tY6HBg4sXJ0OEnfuU6qRZYW3n5aZfPJvHqCj/LnV4qgLsk:JLk395hYXJ0PnfumRGWX+HRHRnO3sk

Entry address:
0x30CB

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 38, 3F, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 84, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 30, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 80, 36, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

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

http://origin.uploadtobox.com/TheSimsOrigin.exe

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