minecraft.exe

Investena Concept, 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 Investena Concept, 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:
Investena Concept, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a9482f833a3c7fec91c3c3aa96e4d852

SHA-1:
52a2b35dc34276ec6211ef03b1904ae1696afce3

SHA-256:
4e2d23d10c2d641d6243db64dd616197d5ffcb5bdd7e523e6e86c7c8f0d358a7

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
2/25/2025 12:41:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Investen (M)
16.5.1.23

File size:
624.7 KB (639,704 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Investena Concept, s.l.", O="Investena Concept, s.l.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
40AA34E55B1BC6EE54598A0C83C81304

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/29/2015 3:51:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:6MdUFRTEJcwQQJFs0mib/Sp2UC+Am8hnbI3fnW1L6Jxs2zi9oX2:1UFS6HibQA/NbUfnW1W3sQi9oX2

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 60, CC, 42, 00, E8, BE, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 11, 96, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, BD, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.6768

Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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