installer_minecraft_spanish.exe

Race

MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application installer_minecraft_spanish.exe, “Race Setup ” by MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings) 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. 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:
Nelola   (signed by MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Race

Description:
Race Setup

Version:
4.6.2.2

MD5:
57fafdcaca5ceea755db8009ed9e13d7

SHA-1:
b584165ad3291e17ea854733eade87557b02d21e

SHA-256:
70fc8b5e42a8bed2b63d297927e49fb698a339b77f335a3cd5db8cede2635cb4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
11/5/2024 11:20:35 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.Bundler (M)
16.4.10.9

File size:
1 MB (1,063,176 bytes)

Product version:
5.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 7:48:08 AM

Valid to:
6/10/2016 9:58:16 AM

Subject:
CN=MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=MaxSpeedy (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121E3B958E0D3FCF0CA178C56C74D3BBA4B

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):
24576:UbtZ5XjelBrOzI3lwPW9KjOnd0gwcOBci+71:UxjXyrOcVMAdWzBciU1

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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