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minecraft-1.8.8.exe

Lite Application Program

Destiny Dream S.A.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft-1.8.8.exe, “Lite Application Program Setup ” by Destiny Dream S.A 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:
Destiny Dream S.A.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Lite Application Program

Description:
Lite Application Program Setup

Version:
2.6.3.4

MD5:
ff84559c5a540a087d956e1cfd621397

SHA-1:
c5f3b7a7d1ec1a4f4f701fb73dd368a928fa76cb

SHA-256:
2072bfb2d95ca20174c323672ae944ac05d980e92680575385e7bb7456ef8d6c

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:
11/27/2024 9:50:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DestinyD.Installer (M)
16.3.21.19

File size:
996.5 KB (1,020,464 bytes)

Product version:
3.4.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraft-1.8.8.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Destiny Dream S.A.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 6:55:11 AM

Valid to:
10/2/2016 8:36:18 AM

Subject:
CN=Destiny Dream S.A., O=Destiny Dream S.A., L=Clarens, S=Vaud, C=CH

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

Serial number:
11217A75EB912AE2167326222C18D9E2357F

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:LC785XIxQtkqpdXowE87p6MZtwiXa9NILu4uqf2aI:L+sIKDfXu8MMUiqTIa44

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9281

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.capitaldownloadsdl.com/c?x= y 4DysaYEXb3L qWffu5jRJ/DTXIvNLSkHdMciN4dw=&c=rvSn/tHNtUN9E08bNOA7FrYM1qAPtOu0BkLlvKEiAjMBL81iUkEJO mLgTRrW9qgpcx99NHqc4d7KhehFp64545SwSy xiYg9Up50yJsCGJ0ptVK1Ny6JIzyNGjr3UCs&downloadAs=minecraft-1.8.8.exe&fallback_url=http://pf.benjaminstrahs.com/s/1454111087/es/.../2/227519-1807427-minecraft.exe

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