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Bibado Investments, S.L.

The application minecraft-1.8.8.exe, “Application Setup ” by Bibado Investments, S.L 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 Bibado Downloader installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Minecraft but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bundletowercenter.com.
Publisher:
web   (signed by Bibado Investments, S.L.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
2.7.4.6

MD5:
f2c20960b291a9991062942dadcc6217

SHA-1:
66ee2167b8ddd0f8046f8a5d82dec39a6556db8f

SHA-256:
d8939817f60bf85a6ebae26c98e67511681df0800413eda9c7608b81996dad7b

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/30/2024 10:35:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bibado.BibadoInvestments.Bundler (M)
16.2.18.21

File size:
992.1 KB (1,015,880 bytes)

Product version:
4.2.1

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Bibado Downloader (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minecraft-1.8.8.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bibado Investments, S.L.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/12/2016 7:57:03 AM

Valid to:
4/2/2017 4:32:01 AM

Subject:
CN="Bibado Investments, S.L.", O="Bibado Investments, S.L.", L=Alcorcon, C=ES

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

Serial number:
1121212301396FAE08B19C17F8D9578163C9

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:TA2IK6wP1B2S23/pcjqN56HmqUBHXWH8wrtqQCjzCw:TFpdP/2NRcmN5muuqQCyw

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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Entropy:
7.9210

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file minecraft-1.8.8.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.bundletowercenter.com/c?x=KOxcbAdjkvFAKYt8viih r932Y9rTMmfgzaote20mEw=&c=hK4/VnA/tMiBj0eYUD8mHhXRLHuJmQBTBAWjTki/9ZS7ZdXTwlhiIW1uo8LkZ rViZXz8vk5Inm31EK8gREfS2p7lg1q7R5vaZar2V7/2MQwMBKQ1NvVGdGo5Y5qK7wx&downloadAs=minecraft-1.8.8.exe&fallback_url=http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1454709890/es/.../2/227519-1807427-minecraft.exe

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