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GameZooks Games

GameZooks

The application zooksgames.exe by GameZooks has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from tmzo.gamezooks.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
GameZooks  (signed and verified)

Product:
GameZooks Games

Description:
GameZooks GUI

Version:
3.0.4053

MD5:
1331be8a37026faf057c676ddf9ae5f2

SHA-1:
b6a37838d6126feeba7416dda3d63359c0d5d276

SHA-256:
8842c85b8b25c8aade5d45bf0d3919880eb95c5298d8362628a3c2942de0e32f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 2:11:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.GameZook (M)
16.6.25.19

File size:
502.3 KB (514,328 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.4053

Copyright:
Copyright (C) GameZooks 2015

Original file name:
GUI

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\zooksgames.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GameZooks

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/5/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/5/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GameZooks, O=GameZooks, L=Lake Forest, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
436A67CBE7004F68BAC0199D93406BCA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/18/2015 1:30:19 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:WoZisI4ZyNo9POcIFdcpF2RFlm/Xd///FmGguHBb9xvEA8qkr:WjsI2y2POcIbcpQm/1/YGguDREbqkr

Entry address:
0x308D6

Entry point:
E8, 77, 92, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, F1, 8B, 4D, 08, C6, 46, 0C, 00, 85, C9, 75, 66, E8, C1, 86, 00, 00, 8B, D0, 89, 56, 08, 8B, 4A, 6C, 89, 0E, 8B, 4A, 68, 89, 4E, 04, 8B, 0E, 3B, 0D, F4, 97, 46, 00, 74, 11, A1, BC, 98, 46, 00, 85, 42, 70, 75, 07, E8, 3A, 96, 00, 00, 89, 06, 8B, 46, 04, 3B, 05, 68, 91, 46, 00, 74, 15, 8B, 4E, 08, A1, BC, 98, 46, 00, 85, 41, 70, 75, 08, E8, 9D, 99, 00, 00, 89, 46, 04, 8B, 4E, 08, 8B, 41, 70, A8, 02, 75, 16, 83, C8, 02, 89, 41, 70, C6, 46, 0C, 01, EB...
 
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Entropy:
6.3620

Code size:
317.5 KB (325,120 bytes)

The file zooksgames.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://tmzo.gamezooks.com/zooks/install?ip=YTQwNjY3MTk0MjbboUUqDbSzw0 PgPoB6Z M0ifwPmashkRgKeSm/S70vSQnh8zhYV9eyfmtSyIjHA xzh5udUBCB8KJ2SscSJOwrluX55yT 78XcEDA6c/.../8IpxcuPpTP4giPlr6g==

http://tmzo.gamezooks.com/zooks/install?ip=YTQwNjY3MTk0MjbboUUqDbSzw0 PgPoB6Z M0ifwPmashkRgKeSm/S70vSQnh8zhYV9eyfmtSyIjHA xzh5udUBCB8KJ2SscSJOwrluX55yT 78XcEDA6c/.../8IpxcuPpTP4giPlr6g==

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