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Minecraft Setup.exe

Minecraft

Install Helper

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer 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 Install Helper 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 Vittalia DM 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.

File name:

Minecraft Setup.exe

Publisher:

Install Helper (signed and verified)

Product:

Minecraft

Version:

3.0.0.84

MD5:

366e74e51070ce3a9411b1363204925d

SHA-1:

c7d33c8232f7fd38ebc3a670ca04f45c9ec6dd2c

SHA-256:

8a06a49f59ee97b91ae4fe8cf61b30dc5bf7155e4e73c30ff6f651d5086f349e

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:

11/5/2024 2:49:20 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia.InstallH.Installer (M)

16.6.1.9

File size:

844.2 KB (864,416 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.84

Original file name:

Minecraft Setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Vittalia DM

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraft setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Helper

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

1/28/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/29/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, 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:

7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

3/7/2015 1:34:13 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:3KvXX04yNsOTAoFb6kBWbmwVZcsHaL1S13cBYu/ePbN:5xUMWSQcHwsqPbN

Entry address:

0x126A

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 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:

7.0559

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

http://v.evdls.com/v2/click/cf1475d9/?d=http://software.downloadtree.net/Minecraft.exe&sid=Minecraft-US&uid=2015111&key=430f18cb8552cf99dd8a62dc60b7bf77948746a84bae45eecd7c412a63cd012c&affiliate_image=&product_image=https://s3.amazonaws.com/evdlimages/.../product.jpg&n=Minecraft&filename=Minecraft Setup

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