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Minecraft.exe

Freemium GmbH

The application Minecraft.exe by Freemium GmbH 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 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from az745087.vo.msecnd.net.
Publisher:
Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2d9aa8cd7bf97d4725ee43a90ec72bfb

SHA-1:
627c3b54c3c1f8658fa37a161d9088e37781e6df

SHA-256:
d1271e14697e993f4fc205798711a066f3013f6a8243563e882a97c67d060c62

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 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:
1/15/2025 10:23:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus.Freemium.Bundler (M)
16.8.9.3

File size:
578.8 KB (592,656 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freemium GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/6/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/13/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Freemium GmbH, O=Freemium GmbH, STREET=Schwedter Straße 9a, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10119, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BCEDCE129E9AA236BBF4BC059A58BA55

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/13/2016 12:02:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:IcLbCBPl2lf0tGIIp36XN8vdbakXDlHVWn4YWWWJQ+:PSB0lf0tGIIp3698vdbaUlHVWn4Ye3

Entry address:
0x157FC

Entry point:
E8, 14, 7B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 30, 35, 46, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, C0, 31, 46, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 98, 72, 48, 00, 89, 0D, 94, 72, 48, 00, 89, 15, 90, 72, 48, 00, 89, 1D, 8C, 72, 48, 00, 89, 35, 88, 72, 48, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
388.5 KB (397,824 bytes)

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

http://az745087.vo.msecnd.net/downloadguides/.../Minecraft.exe

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