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Installer Application Software

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The application minecraft.exe, “Installer Application Software Setup ” 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 Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.quickclearcentral.com.
Publisher:
Software

Product:
Installer Application Software

Description:
Installer Application Software Setup

Version:
4.7.3.4

MD5:
be6f42f66f2226501b254767accdf660

SHA-1:
2ab5ce031dad9721d1359632234fea369d7304c2

SHA-256:
75fbf4ed2f834855d46d1922b3e221ae8b6921ef31499b0fbf25ca71ff382f8a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Analysis date:
11/28/2024 11:32:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.1.9.1

File size:
989.9 KB (1,013,616 bytes)

Product version:
5.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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):
24576:mDfYHBzmWfezmS6rDoqLBE9fMEzlkfOL4DKijtfZbV:mLChfeJeDk94GL4LjtfZbV

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.9267

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.quickclearcentral.com/c?x=3gA461/bp6cb10/tfRjwHlW81QWc8gsJx1Yp7YLHDyU=&c=2JoM6f7qT5yKUPaBgf8FsugTzll/lDmRnoV1n6fX21Kb6heOz4CHXhBWNIc8660H7 dgoAtBI ATvHuZ/owsvUM0d6nM6qyFprZ0dnu5a5xVvpdpQXAcf7CK40BLT7Tv&downloadAs=Minecraft.exe&fallback_url=https://launcher.mojang.com/.../Minecraft.exe

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