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minecraft-setup.exe

Tomorrow Software Installer

SKUNK DOG MEDIA

The application minecraft-setup.exe, “Tomorrow Software Installer ” by SKUNK DOG MEDIA 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.uberdownloads.net.
Publisher:
Tomorrow Software  (signed by SKUNK DOG MEDIA)

Product:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Description:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Version:
2.0.0.1

MD5:
9059f9556e3156054f582c3181d21a5a

SHA-1:
fc4f46f3f616dd9aa0aa939ce748ef0a57af354f

SHA-256:
8097b2fcf439fdd1940a75d0191580498ba8cbf00f6d0a933a95b094a41158c7

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 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:
11/24/2024 8:23:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SKUNKDOG.Bundler (M)
16.4.23.9

File size:
873.6 KB (894,544 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
tomorrow-setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SKUNK DOG MEDIA

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/21/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SKUNK DOG MEDIA, O=SKUNK DOG MEDIA, 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:
77AD9C75661D14F8BEF720820AC86007

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/29/2015 9:06:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:r5MLKmtvPyHu7ZtwSVCy9pNg4W7HMtpG3bOAHCM:diKmHyOFtrsp7sM

Entry address:
0xC7A2

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 58, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 54, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, 50, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 4C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 48, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 44, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 70, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 64, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 40, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 3C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9551  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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

http://files4.uberdownloads.net/download/.../dl?bc=1187273&pid=TR&brand=uberdownloads.net&aid=DLM&s=msn&c=Minecraft_USA_Broad&country=US&variation=chwebsite&cb=2086728821&filename=minecraft-setup.exe&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1186359

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