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minecraft-setup.exe

Power Play Media

The application minecraft-setup.exe by Power Play 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:
FYI Fun Installer Setup  (signed by Power Play Media)

Product:
FYI Fun Installer Setup

Version:
3.9.3.6729

MD5:
1389e1e714e55fef82ef111855c7a3b0

SHA-1:
ffb5517691bc5434771f70238f342de07b075c0f

SHA-256:
a5730f8dd5ca3ef9e786a3463973b73b492d989046e84b559aedb9988dc0995f

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 8:53:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.PowerPla.Bundler (M)
16.6.20.5

File size:
868.9 KB (889,768 bytes)

Product version:
3.9.3.6729

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
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:
Power Play Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2015 6:17:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 6:17:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Power Play Media, O=Power Play Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
42E6D7782DB3A869

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 10:37:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:QyTohPU5CUVwmajfvK9ETAbkOjUqB/a2faeXv3Zm5299Dk1jrJeqj2pID8j7IPIR:Q0qigmawbrJB/7RPZKm0m0PTEn3P6K

Entry address:
0x262B

Entry point:
E8, E0, B2, 00, 00, E9, E2, AB, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 28, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 55, C7, 44, 24, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3F, 3C, 00, 00, D9, 7C, 24, 1A, 0F, B7, 44, 24, 1A, 0D, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 1C, 8D, 44, 24, 24, 50, D9, 6C, 24, 20, 6A, 00, 6A, 02, 55, DF, 7C, 24, 2C, 8B, 74, 24, 2C, D9, 6C, 24, 2A, E8, 1E, 3B, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 34, 8B, F8, 83, C4, 18, 8D, 1C, 0F, 89, 5C, 24, 14, 85, FF, 75, 11, 55, E8, 14, 3B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9690  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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

http://files4.uberdownloads.net/download/.../dl?bc=1192283&pid=TR&brand=uberdownloads.net&aid=DLM&s=MSN&c=uber_DLM_Minecraft_US&country=US&cb=1731339529&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1196449

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