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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:
DownloadAsst_New  (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Minecraft

Version:
3.0.0.98

MD5:
7661099f1c679d366db2b31bc7b3c57b

SHA-1:
a214400b27b8f135ceabfcf01cc7071ebc970656

SHA-256:
e0ef8b6f80160c55f1f9545322e9cfc2e3b0ed41bb55b519dfe4ced0cec4912c

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:
12/25/2024 12:51:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.Download.Bundler (M)
16.4.3.10

File size:
960.2 KB (983,208 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.98

Copyright:
(c) DownloadAsst_New

Original file name:
Minecraft Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
2/15/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 6:59:59 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:
3784E4CAC60231ED82FD7E8E845E8CE3

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/7/2015 6:49:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wRIQopbnDmbTwt0q8b6ZczAS8ApSikjeiWLhMip60qLo:uIQAKM0l/x+im7WMiIk

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0577

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

The file Minecraft Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://secure.trustydownloads.com/v2/click/37mgy2bo/?d=http://www.trustydownloads.com/1downloadfiles/minecraft.exe&n=Minecraft&key=e3adce31409ef6ccb10bfaac8fe25e0532bbf22f8eaec3954be8462166e7c828&affiliate_image=http://www.trustydownloads.com/inventory/minecraft/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.trustydownloads.com/inventory/minecraft/.../installsplash.png&filename=Minecraft Setup&sid=bingusa-Minecraft----

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