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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.heartappconcepts.com.
Publisher:
web   (signed by Bibado Investments, S.L.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
2.7.4.6

MD5:
fa30949275e232aa33ebd1deb777a506

SHA-1:
7b690eb32ff86464cdd6a6b8b8949d7161107836

SHA-256:
1cae178617bbf8d2dbb2f9908320a4ce65a527b19fb6a30b8fa9dcaa310a87ec

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:
1/14/2025 9:36:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bibado.BibadoInvestments.Bundler (M)
16.2.18.20

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:LA2IK6wP1B2S23/pcjqN56HmqUBHXWH8wrtqQCjzCw:LFpdP/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.heartappconcepts.com/c?x=xnsZc0/krmi n0RDXXsQTtkP8ITEcXn6TWt6OrCP2i8=&c=bA4XNIY60h00QFRIFNBhmN9oA98 6WkrCiIpqnHoTCnpbCBc3kc0SvF3OlXVnj2P2nVBjP4bCLGgWfxc/Jt6L/R 5L7maSMViQL4EsxyRknMVjah2ICLTv0Qnocp2p1C&downloadAs=minecraft-1.8.8.exe&fallback_url=http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1454796566/es/.../2/227519-1807427-minecraft.exe

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