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minecraft setup.exe

Minecraft

Download Assistant

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager 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 Assistant 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 AirInstaller Download Manager 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 Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Minecraft

Version:
3.0.0.155

MD5:
ce62452e81ea1c16b08944ba1c2794cc

SHA-1:
4f1c5eaa6a78e1c589ba8b28c952b0f2cf1eec92

SHA-256:
1fd3f23d5878f6d4caf19d5db13f2b97e5e6e6ce15bf8d8442dc692ceb714fae

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 4:54:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.6.30.0

File size:
1.1 MB (1,137,904 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.155

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minecraft setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/2/2016 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/1/2017 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
088066A3A015128F544F3E16DC53BCE8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:dxGH8+SbudxPMcDiRcqZ2y4yHYU6YbCikt7wEJak1:2JVYzRcqZD4UDItkEJak1

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9624

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://everydownload.softwaredelivery19.com/v2/click/eb4itld2/?d=https://s3.amazonaws.com/latestversion/MinecraftInstaller.msi&sid=Minecraft-US&uid=12715490&key=b421a5d887ae68434274b35795076f853933a2bd94b93e5f154c31290d97900c&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://d1dj2uff8ovnoq.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/15162827/minecraft.png&n=Minecraft&filename=Minecraft Setup&done_url=http://tundra.site/pages/LM/LM_TYP.html&cancel_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../MLINT.html

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