minecraft.exe

Web

Bully Unity LTD

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft.exe, “Web Setup ” by Bully Unity 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 installCore 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:
DownloadAstro  (signed by Bully Unity LTD)

Product:
Web

Description:
Web Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_33366

MD5:
559e928790211f96dd66d48cc9b215ca

SHA-1:
dd8936d31fb5f558cdd63f3f30a59bfaa7994748

SHA-256:
5773b57ec1b21b15bfe2ecb9063dac943cbee65d59229d70c3a5a9cac00788c6

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 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:
11/30/2024 10:08:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.12.6.13

File size:
773.7 KB (792,288 bytes)

Product version:
1.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
12/23/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/24/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Bully Unity LTD, O=Bully Unity LTD, STREET=24 Kanfei Nesharim, L=Jerusalem, S=Israel, PostalCode=9546439, C=IL

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

Serial number:
576ED6C3B25057AC69546AA4FFAE8B4C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LFvpb/t6dIpEAdf3Z9upqMYJVgKUmf0Rg6eWZz9GxhMEeZe/AfUQP:LFvligf3PupqMTKfd6ebbUwS

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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