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icreinstall_minecraft.exe

Download and Install Ltd

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_minecraft.exe by Download and Install has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download and Install Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3470f4acb6d3f8e9c9c4273b7337f87b

SHA-1:
c570d879ca74e637e26e3afcec0a95c7655d0e74

SHA-256:
329a4c402ad111a0ed6be82f51f4ab9632369fa22f4745f98c66e4ddb372a29d

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/28/2024 12:07:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3001

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0243

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.ES (variant)
9.9670

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
8/31/2015

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of easy torrent.exe (Adware)
2015.10.27.9

McAfee
Artemis!9E2C5A29F78C
5600.6657

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnblc
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DownloadandInstall (M)
15.8.31.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.15829

Sophos
Generic PUA MF
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0412
7.2.300

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28214

File size:
646.7 KB (662,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_minecraft.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download and Install Ltd

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/22/2012 1:33:56 AM

Valid to:
9/14/2014 10:31:22 AM

Subject:
CN=Download and Install Ltd, O=Download and Install Ltd, L=London, S=London, C=GB

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
082658FA2A383E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:heyMJfsGsU9HA//a9zNwTSo+SlsOeUxkkQGYWDMlI2v6n9fQLgT1TLH7GFwf:heyMJfstKg//szN9dSlleHkylIB9IMJF

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8089

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://begin.downloadscenter.com/.../Minecraft.exe

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to os.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdneu.webfilescdn.com  (65.254.40.36:80)

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