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minecraft.exe

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Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management 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, “Program Setup ” by Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management 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:
Software   (signed by Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd)

Product:
Program

Description:
Program Setup

Version:
1.5.3.6

MD5:
ad44abf0b1a3ffdc9e35a623ce09576a

SHA-1:
e7a18d3405ad50198f88220f6dd8e2521261a05b

SHA-256:
a4d54d3a2d8c6f711a9974abea31057824775b1be8123e10105ab3ddbedc3725

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:
11/24/2024 1:40:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.4.17

File size:
748.4 KB (766,328 bytes)

Product version:
2.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/14/2015 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/15/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd, O=Avitzur Efrati Initiatives and Management Ltd, STREET="Operation Dekel St, 13", L=Petah Tikva, S=Israel, PostalCode=4934629, C=IL

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

Serial number:
4CEE4E88CD7722B05DF0129CF008860C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 6:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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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Entropy:
7.8766

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.downloadastroppcfiles.com/c?x=Jb3SrIH4kycwfG3S6/kXQFz2i J7rMfW1mviDXUFJGc=&c=U15wRiSrCxsJe9lbJwgoCV4ZlndurnVv3h2BdUpUcV8sEemPkuHz3pH5QZY r55tD5u8lAmUXStJ7Ojc/9Ga Q==&downloadAs=minecraft.exe&fallback_url=http://zh.downloadastro.com/.../?utm_source=ira&utm_medium=error_generating&utm_campaign=minecraft

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