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updater.exe

inXile entertainment

The application updater.exe by inXile entertainment has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered daily at a specified time. While running, it connects to the Internet address ip-184-168-221-38.ip.secureserver.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
inXile entertainment  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0a5f686d962148130c3e6746acb43445

SHA-1:
6b8a9cb3c6940a24c649410cdfee9c1a86a028ad

SHA-256:
7a2d2965a1b3b14b7b82ab2fb0426aaa6b1141a656699c15b42a7e532afe5d70

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 5:24:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
DeepScan:Generic.Adware.GVance.ABB488E9
738

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Gamevance
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/GameVance.105136.234
7.11.144.202

AVG
GameVance
2015.0.3413

Baidu Antivirus
AdWare.Win32.Gamevance
4.0.3.15128

Bitdefender
DeepScan:Generic.Adware.GVance.ABB488E9
1.0.20.140

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
18152

Dr.Web
Trojan.PWS.Wsgame.43380
9.0.1.028

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
DeepScan:Generic.Adware.GVance.ABB488E9
8.15.01.28.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.Gamevance.CP
9.9709

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/GameVance
1/28/2015

F-Secure
DeepScan:Generic.Adware.GVance.ABB488E9
11.2015-28-01_4

G Data
DeepScan:Generic.Adware.GVance.ABB488E9
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.6.1.0

McAfee
Artemis!6F209AB72AF3
5600.6872

MicroWorld eScan
DeepScan:Generic.Adware.GVance.ABB488E9
16.0.0.84

Norman
RivalGame.A
11.20150128

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.EpicPlay
15.1.30.0

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RC1H1AO
7.2.195

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.22.2

VIPRE Antivirus
Gamevance LLC
19406

File size:
70.7 KB (72,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\freeworkz\updater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
inXile entertainment

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/14/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/14/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=inXile entertainment, OU=FreeWorkz, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=inXile entertainment, L=Newport Beach, S=California, 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:
66898EE691A90AAE88A81BACF76D70A9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2012 10:38:11 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:ju6hUylAFglcUVwDimruDtBqka26xmOT5Uwc5S3JLfqS3JLfqS3JLfjUPX:jxhUGAOmXkYR5Uwc0TTa

Entry address:
0x1ABF

Entry point:
E8, D8, 1D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, E8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 0D, E4, BD, 40, 00, 89, 15, E0, BD, 40, 00, 89, 1D, DC, BD, 40, 00, 89, 35, D8, BD, 40, 00, 89, 3D, D4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 00, BE, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, F4, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, D0, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, CC, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, C8, BD, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, C4, BD, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, F8, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, EC, BD, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, F0, BD, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, FC, BD, 40...
 
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Entropy:
6.0729

Code size:
27 KB (27,648 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
FWGames Updater

Trigger:
Daily (Runs daily at 5:00 PM)


The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to lb-182-251.above.com  (103.224.182.251:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ip-184-168-221-38.ip.secureserver.net  (184.168.221.38:80)

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