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minecraft-setup.exe

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The application minecraft-setup.exe by DownloadShield has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from files5.softreviews.co and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
422362977e13827720c1ee899dc59d5e

SHA-1:
bc1a58e18db2dada6353477b6bfade1aebe03ff6

SHA-256:
f0386fb2753762e4b5e22fe1b6c60ec8db2b48c6fe3665c8f0d463c85ee28fa3

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Analysis date:
12/27/2024 7:11:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownWare.AR potentially unwanted application
6.3

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Download.Installer (M)
16.8.17.5

File size:
246.5 KB (252,448 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, 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:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/3/2015 9:43:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:B0hNLUm8D6oq7I8r6jMsFiv6BtgZHbGYXwj5484rL7:eXetq5rgMssG2ZyYXU4f

Entry address:
0x31FD

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, F0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 83, F8, 06, 74, 11, 53, E8, F3, 26, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, E8, 73, 40, 00, E8, 74, 26, 00, 00, 68, E0, 73, 40, 00, E8, 6A, 26, 00, 00, 68, D4, 73, 40, 00, E8, 60, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, BC, 26, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.7757

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://files5.softreviews.co/dl?bc=1171216&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_All_Bing&geo

http://www.freegamer.info/.../Minecraft-setup.exe

http://www.freegamer.info/.../download

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