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minecraft-tower-defense.exe

Game Awesome LLC

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft-tower-defense.exe by Game Awesome has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 installCore 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:
Game Awesome LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0b6c5c5962b249ddb588e14fbed9ea2e

SHA-1:
b777fecf3351d0c8d630898d9dedd15cbcb3fa63

SHA-256:
ff04de045b3eb6b660c335eadd4cebb0ecffa2c1e725df3b9887f9cfb9ce2e11

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
11/27/2024 2:38:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.7.22.18

File size:
777.5 KB (796,200 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Game Awesome LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/9/2012 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/6/2015 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Game Awesome LLC, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Game Awesome LLC, L=Weston, S=Florida, 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:
082CB3EC06ACAE2DAA2C8AA5685B84F6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LivpAgkNCPjEStCI0BlkFMh6D5tMpYnD3uCXTSmrAu4Kk2Jkn+CYE:Liv6PNoIIbbD5GqD3T1cskv+Y

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8551

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://installerlaunch-ggh1.com/dl.php?dl=ggh/ggh_21486.exe&dn=minecraft-tower-defense.exe&sid=1579-us&pid=1570&browser=ch&ptrk=u3aq0cm1mr582n2i7e54d67347&TYP_URL=http://.../ty.php

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