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Covus Pro GmbH

The application minecraft.exe by Covus Pro GmbH 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 Covus 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloadguidefactory.blob.core.windows.net.
Publisher:
Covus Pro GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cc47159721c7d22a4e071fccebd650d3

SHA-1:
3e0cb949e65fe2cad8118ac0fc00c97d13897b7b

SHA-256:
6f81a69f357f25b2c8ab6aa9959e04d8e1baff9c36be3948fcfedd6e68852a34

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the installer/download manager that include adware components such as Best-markit, and Search Protect (ClientConnect).

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:
1/13/2025 10:51:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.CovusPro.Bundler (M)
16.3.25.3

File size:
576.9 KB (590,792 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Covus Pro GmbH

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/23/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Covus Pro GmbH, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Covus Pro GmbH, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, C=DE

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:
249E4122D3206380E8C5DB9AFC085C73

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/7/2014 2:44:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6b1mqpp/ehveIvueXHXnjI+LSM2U1irvpsVXiuVX1nHxSWaUVe:wfpp/ehhDXXjI+LS1SirvpsJDVFnYCVe

Entry address:
0x1CE25

Entry point:
E8, 23, 52, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, 8B, 44, 24, 08, 8B, 4C, 24, 10, 0B, C8, 8B, 4C, 24, 0C, 75, 09, 8B, 44, 24, 04, F7, E1, C2, 10, 00, 53, F7, E1, 8B, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, 64, 24, 14, 03, D8, 8B, 44, 24, 08, F7, E1, 03, D3, 5B, C2, 10, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 56, 8B, F1, 33, DB, 3B, F3, 75, 16, E8, 80, 13, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 24, 13, 00, 00, 8B, C6, E9, 8F, 00, 00, 00, 57, 39, 5D, 08, 77, 13, E8, 64, 13, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 08, 13, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 75, 33, C9, 39...
 
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Entropy:
6.9701

Code size:
318 KB (325,632 bytes)

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

https://downloadguidefactory.blob.core.windows.net/downloadguides/.../minecraft.exe

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