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minecraft-setup.exe

Golden Banners

The application minecraft-setup.exe by Golden Banners 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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:
Golden Banners  (signed and verified)

Product:
Golden Banners

Version:
73.7.3.2411

MD5:
d8b4a8ade2c48e5ea3064073f6a6bcaf

SHA-1:
2d0fb2dcaa0c90404efd66894943109a09774460

SHA-256:
8182711f58bad4561dbd7cd7ca9d4c40ff849904e6503a6431d7b3f286da35cd

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:
12/25/2024 5:51:16 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware (M)
16.9.3.10

File size:
882.1 KB (903,280 bytes)

Product version:
73.7.3.2411

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Golden Banners

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/30/2015 1:34:38 PM

Valid to:
9/10/2016 11:39:55 AM

Subject:
CN=Golden Banners, O=Golden Banners, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00BE3C8F3DCF9E64C0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/9/2014 1:41:13 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:QHRvtiQ4YyioSLyvAtq9U0WdzZM1Se9Flk8jOpv:+N0Q4YksyvAtB0WJqNFCH5

Entry address:
0x3142

Entry point:
E8, D9, A3, 00, 00, E9, DB, 9C, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, 53, 55, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 57, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, 56, E8, 0E, 27, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, FF, 15, A4, F0, 40, 00, 8B, C8, C1, E9, 08, 33, FF, 0F, B6, D8, 0F, B6, E9, 3D, 00, 00, 00, 80, 73, 05, C1, E8, 10, 8B, F8, 53, 56, E8, 05, 27, 00, 00, 8B, 15, A4, A8, 44, 00, 52, 6A, FE, 56, E8, 06, 25, 00, 00, 55, 56, E8, EF, 26, 00, 00, A1, 34, A9, 44, 00, 50, 6A, FE, 56, E8, F1, 24, 00, 00, 57, 56, E8, DA, 26, 00, 00, 8B, 0D, CC, A8, 44, 00, 51, 6A, FE, 56, E8, DB...
 
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Entropy:
7.9646  (probably packed)

Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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