minecraft_30073.exe

Spiral Media

The application minecraft_30073.exe by Spiral Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.downloadnet1220.com.
Publisher:
Spiral Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spiral Media

Version:
78.6.1.397

MD5:
949640ff19e0ef83535a5b7b34a972af

SHA-1:
e9ae92bd59827745087909d0f7bd111c22fb2f14

SHA-256:
e8fd79428e9b22679ea38955789771ba1fc5c109569743ec2724b724e7e339d7

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 6:58:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMe.Bundler (M)
16.4.18.3

File size:
871.1 KB (892,032 bytes)

Product version:
78.6.1.397

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraft_30073.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2015 11:46:38 PM

Valid to:
10/14/2016 1:17:39 AM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
028EC22ABAD314A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/20/2014 11:09:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Srt1YpDDa7GtreqfiTZIyR6no1P3V6mf2:gGU0rBfgIu6nopVA

Entry address:
0x464A

Entry point:
E8, 41, 96, 00, 00, E9, 44, 8F, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 18, 02, 00, 00, 53, 8B, 9C, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 53, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, 7B, 09, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 2C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 53, E8, 55, 07, 00, 00, 53, E8, 4F, 07, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 18, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 53, E8, 26, 06, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 24, 52, 53, E8, DB, 08, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 3B, F5...
 
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Code size:
53.5 KB (54,784 bytes)

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