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minecraft-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft-setup.exe by Download Admin has been detected as adware by 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tightrope WebInstall installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Minecraft but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bed4e3678bc6924622ef57951ef1d7f2

SHA-1:
38b9894aa0f8777e586c19329cc7c1c8965d431b

SHA-256:
f2c3a041c4dff95b097c7b4b72fd7b1ed72687075e10feb4c80aacd5f73b5341

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 4:15:27 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3338

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19085

Dr.Web
Adware.DAdmin.151
9.0.1.0270

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
9/27/2014

F-Secure
Adware:W32/WebInstallBundle
11.2014-27-09_7

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of vlcmediaplayer-setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.9.12

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2014.09.27.09

McAfee
Artemis!5726256FCFA7
5600.6994

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.P
14.9.27.21

Sophos
Download Admin
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0706
7.2.270

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4783369
31208

File size:
75.9 MB (79,581,512 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/17/2014 11:35:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:qxpJMyVWJ0q4kfS6wKhmcRf6vEh7+KAFgtp51idtDWEqOWtVr2/NoPH48:WpanJ0ZkKIh7mFgfidtDWEn20/No

Entry address:
0x3341

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, F8, 24, 7A, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, 00, 24, 7A, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, 00, 1C, 7A, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 80, 7A, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1654

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&variation=secure&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&bc=842899&country=US&cb=57981882&zTmp=1

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&variation=secure&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&bc=842899&country=US&cb=-969207711&zTmp=1

http://files5.softreviews.co/dl?bc=842899&source=google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&geo

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