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Boot Compute

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application minecraft-installer.exe, “Software Installer ” by Boot Compute has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from freefastsoftware.com.
Publisher:
Software Installer   (signed by Boot Compute)

Product:
Software Installer

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
9c06a09e99d141356eb6f43ee6153dd0

SHA-1:
115277fef36a0ec7b0a1f7aff64009e4cbb55867

SHA-256:
53ddc144c7794571eed6aa3e6b92d9ac7650510f0f5967b24136af2419ee5cff

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
12/26/2024 12:48:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
140908-2

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3355

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19471

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32074
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BH (variant)
8.10397

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.9.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.10.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BootCompute.T
14.9.10.16

Sophos
Mal/Inject-CEE
5.05

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

File size:
267.4 KB (273,784 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Software Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boot Compute

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Boot Compute, O=Boot Compute, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
059AEF62ABD7F83178378663E98BDE5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/10/2014 6:00:18 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:XG/fT+dDD9u4EaIXFrF/OsRmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGsl6w:8+Fk4ELXRbTDkbJqL3J7HgGs4w

Entry address:
0x1647F

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 81, 41, 00, 68, E9, 64, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, D0, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 2A, 60, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1401

Code size:
92 KB (94,208 bytes)

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

http://freefastsoftware.com/track/install?subid=free minecraft&source=google_minecraft-search-us-minecraft-exact-51839562380&adprovider=google_freefastsoftware.com&gclid=CMeS_NDj1sACFQto7AodgXgAcA&dlink=http://secure.oinstaller7.com/g/.../Minecraft-Installer.exe

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