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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 18 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 install.oinstaller5.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Software Installer   (signed by Boot Compute)

Product:
Software Installer

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
6768aeecf9469365386a32dd0ff5ffe9

SHA-1:
2189759491756c4fb17ef9c3b38771a76df454ff

SHA-256:
1380aec498a2fd93a012a18de1bd6ac56ae87629f3efce5ebdf6224a1efba6fa

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/23/2024 6:00:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.09.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen4
7.11.173.24

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

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.ACU
2014.0.4015

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19547

Dr.Web
Adware.iBryte.478
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BG application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-4ab0b861
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of express_installer.exe (Adware)
2014.11.24.16

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Inject
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13417

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Badur.delasg
0.28.2.62151

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BootCompute.T
14.9.18.13

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.215074
2.0.0.1926

File size:
242.9 KB (248,696 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:
3/24/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 11:59:59 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:
8/28/2014 4:00:17 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:J1e1LKcnCCO6amEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslwZ:Te1LlnCbTDkbJqL3J7HgGsSZ

Entry address:
0x11443

Entry point:
E8, BA, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 18, 72, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 14, 72, 41, 00, 89, 15, 10, 72, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 0C, 72, 41, 00, 89, 35, 08, 72, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 04, 72, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 30, 72, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 24, 72, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 00, 72, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, FC, 71, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, F8, 71, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, F4, 71, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 28, 72, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 1C, 72, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 20, 72, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 2C, 72, 41...
 
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Entropy:
7.1981

Code size:
70.5 KB (72,192 bytes)

The file minecraft-installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://install.oinstaller5.com/g/.../Minecraft-Installer.exe

http://secure.oinstaller7.com/g/.../Minecraft-Installer.exe

http://freefastsoftware.com/track/install?subid=minecraft&source=google_minecraft-search-gb-minecraft-exact-51217450100&adprovider=google_freefastsoftware.com&gclid=CJessquqtsACFVNutAod7UAAlA&dlink=http://secure.oinstaller7.com/g/.../Minecraft-Installer.exe

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