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minecraft.exe

Sambamedia LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft.exe by Sambamedia 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler 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.
Publisher:
Sambamedia LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b842a1b18801c28372891a121f030234

SHA-1:
27e06b734745674c3e470ec52cfd071d3079d257

SHA-256:
b164fba0196ba8ea7faa5a8e376edffc9cf1421aa13a182e98f9680f3ff83cfd

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:
12/27/2024 12:45:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Sambamed.Bundler (M)
16.4.17.1

File size:
1.2 MB (1,291,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Sambamedia LLC

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/3/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/3/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Sambamedia LLC, O=Sambamedia LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
5AF374AFD1700F42AFDDF9B5F12FD906

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/8/2015 4:21:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:rZCjroHnC/ZNk3qPiaF7ipMNh3KSpvRbJAGp9aKdQgA8TA8yi:rsfoaHk3qPiyiYh6SHl3PTA8f

Entry address:
0x1000

Entry point:
B8, 10, 30, 89, 00, 50, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 33, C0, 89, 08, 50, 45, 43, 6F, 6D, 70, 61, 63, 74, 32, 00, 7B, F6, 86, 66, 81, 81, 9F, B5, C5, 6D, 51, D0, 1C, A5, 55, 89, 56, EC, 8F, 62, B8, D3, 51, 8A, BF, B2, 47, 53, A3, 5A, 2B, 53, 9D, 8E, 62, 9F, 45, 7E, AC, 4C, E0, 06, 7E, BD, 53, 9A, EE, 15, D5, F2, 47, 12, E8, 0D, 5F, AD, 62, 5F, DD, D0, B1, 72, 8F, BE, 65, 2B, 3B, 04, 0B, C8, 9A, 4D, 5A, 89, 76, 8C, 88, 56, 18, 67, 18, 9D, 48, 22, 92, BB, 7D, BE, 68, EF, A4, 82, 3B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
PECompact v2

Code size:
3.6 MB (3,757,056 bytes)

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

https://dsu7x9k8c43un.cloudfront.net/minecraft.exe

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