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minecraft_3279.exe

Dingo Baby Co

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft_3279.exe by Dingo Baby Co 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 Tightrope WebInstall 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.
Publisher:
Dingo Baby Co  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4d1419ad02ea80d282cfe1e670919816

SHA-1:
a84e1ab554457fda01c5a1b9a29aab1a37d54772

SHA-256:
2c1e81fcc9f949978877df3ae813b6437593258563c08b5adab26f970484aa8e

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/29/2024 2:00:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
16.8.7.3

File size:
655.7 KB (671,440 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraft_3279.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dingo Baby Co

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/5/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/6/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Dingo Baby Co, O=Dingo Baby Co, L=SAN FRANCISCO, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
0574370FDC12D28644102E303A82971E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 7:35:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:r4BS2ly9NKPRdegPsgQr/745jezvROTVo80d1WU1ntTxJ10gJ1TvzE:rhhKeiHQr/s1uRCBQWMxDpE

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file minecraft_3279.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.fastdownload5.com/download/.../dl?bc=1182011&pid=mcdl&brand=mcdl.com&aid=TEST&c=organic&country=NL&variation=chwebsite&cb=-48694028&filename=minecraft_3279.exe&productKey=au4iftovyo6yandx37addcsdb5cr7w33&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1

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