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minecraft launcher.exe

Win

Microsoft

The executable minecraft launcher.exe has been detected as malware by 8 anti-virus scanners. This is a setup program which is used to install the application. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download. The file has been seen being downloaded from sv.minefc.com.
Publisher:
Microsoft

Product:
Win

Version:
1.00

MD5:
40085aa24878f0511b56336b6cef8a87

SHA-1:
bffc69a01313be7c2b1d80f9ce66104afcab38ca

SHA-256:
9cb21f1a64eb3078caba80483fc92155accfbe6caa501c3d2a195ec4f4317456

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 2:44:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Sality
160216-3

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/Sality.gen2
4.6.5.141

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Swisyn.ag
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.6803.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
19.02.2016 10:08:15

File size:
1.9 MB (1,969,726 bytes)

Product version:
1.00

Original file name:
Win.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/5/2012 3:38:39 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:IW2jfbVtkNtWy+NF1xMO1UgHrnRAST8XrhaRY0T+nqO4P4k:IhjfbV6zsbrn3T8hiVT+ne4k

Entry address:
0x36A0

Entry point:
81, FA, AD, E6, 00, 00, 73, 06, B0, F4, 13, FF, 8B, DD, FF, C7, 3D, 60, 3F, EF, 89, FF, C2, 69, FF, 11, 73, 2A, EB, 41, 81, FD, 58, 4F, 00, 00, 8B, F6, 86, EC, B3, 49, 0F, B7, EA, 09, FF, 33, DB, C7, C6, ED, D9, B7, DE, 03, F9, 13, C9, 0F, AF, C5, 81, C3, 5A, 07, 00, 00, 29, C8, C6, C2, 25, 8D, 3D, 16, DB, C6, 42, 81, EB, 59, 07, 00, 00, 0D, 71, 67, 37, CF, F3, 0F, BF, E8, 0F, AF, CD, 03, F3, 81, FB, D8, 03, 00, 00, 0F, 8C, C2, FF, FF, FF, 84, D6, 8A, E7, 09, F2, 88, D1, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5F, 88, C7, C6...
 
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Entropy:
7.7979  (probably packed)

Code size:
172 KB (176,128 bytes)

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

http://sv.minefc.com/.../Minecraft Launcher.exe

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