minecraft.exe

Eilio Developments, s.l.

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application minecraft.exe by Eilio Developments, s.l 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 Solimba DownloadMR installer. It uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Eilio Developments, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fc53ba2ed71a8a32b44b815d3dab7b54

SHA-1:
50d9d69a8021053b04c08b3280c90fc852c5932c

SHA-256:
08f05ac33b5a783a608dd5615f5231569aa7d7fb7796c8e1b95c9013ec5f9c51

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 12:57:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.8.18

File size:
514.1 KB (526,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/24/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Eilio Developments, s.l.", O="Eilio Developments, s.l.", L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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:
0EF8CB39AB15607AB4EF554EB245AFB1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/28/2015 4:35:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ffv/cSGxdtQnvIIR40X7+u0Zpk2JjAUd19nVRkQ:fn/cSa3QAIRRL30x0Ur9noQ

Entry address:
0xC1DC

Entry point:
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Code size:
98 KB (100,352 bytes)

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