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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application minecraft.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.16-pn-installer.com.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
b86dc49bd284a95cc183598e76da97db

SHA-1:
f7717c74b20323988809239a84d8a5026c98bc95

SHA-256:
7bacb20a9e2709699d517d16e54f17ee8701d26be9a86d41302a07a112db9833

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
1/13/2025 8:07:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.158870
842

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxou
7.11.178.170

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141003-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.BHK
2014.0.4040

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.158870
1.0.20.1440

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-794144
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19812

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.36250
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.158870
8.14.10.15.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BK
8.10569

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Zbot.AAN!tr
10/15/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-512ed8f8
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.158870
11.2014-15-10_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.158870
14.10.24

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.10.15.05

McAfee
IBryte-FRK
5600.6976

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.158870
15.0.0.864

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.dgjbtd
0.28.2.62671

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SafeDown.J
14.10.15.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.2545
2.0.0.1956

File size:
52.4 KB (53,616 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium 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:
Safe Down

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", 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:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/8/2014 7:00:19 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
768:rmIR7AY+R6YYl4OzUQ4SzQec5bcOaqLmPrjGaj6ALo8Qi:rm6vzNXO9LmTjGk6ALQi

Entry address:
0x46B4

Entry point:
E8, 4F, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, FF, 25, 94, 61, 40, 00, FF, 25, 90, 61, 40, 00, FF, 25, 8C, 61, 40, 00, 68, 29, 47, 40, 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, 1C, 90, 40, 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, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10...
 
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Entropy:
6.1162

Code size:
17.5 KB (17,920 bytes)

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

http://secure.16-pn-installer.com/o/.../Minecraft.exe

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