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installer_minecraft.exe

Installer prog

Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd)

The Fried Cookie installer utilizes the InstallCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application installer_minecraft.exe, “Installer prog Setup ” by Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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:
Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer prog

Description:
Installer prog Setup

MD5:
b42d4929866003acfd8084356c50e3c0

SHA-1:
45e78ed3e11d05a367ff15ac952be1448e9318fc

SHA-256:
03d272e3e8e996c55c3f49586e0aa2a72f9c3937f9f60c6d177caad4ee24310b

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
1/12/2025 5:33:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.FC (M)
16.11.14.14

File size:
753.3 KB (771,408 bytes)

Product version:
4.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd)

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/7/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/8/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd), O=Astro Delivery (Fried Cookie Ltd), STREET=28 Lilienblum St., L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=6513307, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B5DEF5C3088901F4214C78F98CA66045

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Lv1vp9NO8kgDkHQOPz1R+bNtqh7toCSE4PK8awnN4fQCM/6t0lnNgi7Qw7SuRENB:LtvTNO8kg5ipIqHS/KwnN5//203sSk

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://secure.radioleganes.com/get.php?x=L3RtcC9kb3dubG9hZHMvMjYwMmRmOTY2YjBjNWMzMWFlMTE0MWQwODYxNTJlM2EvaW5zdGFsbGVyX21pbmVjcmFmdC5leGU=&l=0&k=

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