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Develop Interface

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application minecraft.exe, “Prime Installer ” by Develop Interface 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Prime Installer   (signed by Develop Interface)

Product:
Prime Installer

Description:
Prime Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
35e30755b516b9b20b7c32033a11644d

SHA-1:
b9f955aecc08697154549ec94d34c44733d22173

SHA-256:
908c70e1351b4970d8a31303a48c62998ed58974713cb7f117abde7088c37ee3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 4:59:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.DevelopInterface.Bundler (M)
16.1.3.21

File size:
421.9 KB (432,000 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Prime Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Develop Interface

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Develop Interface, O=Develop Interface, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
008E9C74F3A6D76C534AC4D06647FFCEE9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/7/2015 1:00:28 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+yr7k7uTe6HVB1VFgKt2szxr5G4w1lo3p6:1haCT1VFgK0GJhp56

Entry address:
0x1B8E3

Entry point:
E8, 14, A2, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, 68, 50, B9, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 50, 27, 44, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 18, 53, 8B, 5D, 0C, 56, 8B, 73, 08, 33, 35, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.0826

Code size:
194 KB (198,656 bytes)

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

http://www.ifreeupdates.com/.../download.php?id=54d6871037763&i=150193

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