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minecraft_9884.exe

Spiral Media

The application minecraft_9884.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. 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 files4.downloadnet1220.com.
Publisher:
Spiral Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Spiral Media

Version:
78.6.1.397

MD5:
81e499c4209ffdd576b9106297703a22

SHA-1:
917feaacd201097bdf9f14d233656b29484ea39f

SHA-256:
7fa77b1350b509f68d61ce17d2764942d1f48dd4d80794d35f0a9622d5e3b347

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:
11/15/2024 6:52:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMe.Bundler (M)
16.7.11.9

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}\downloads\minecraft_9884.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

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:urt1YpDDa7GtreqfiTZIyR6no1P3V6mf2:0GU0rBfgIu6nopVA

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)

The file minecraft_9884.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadnet1220.com/dl-pure/.../?bc=1190981&checksum=28087153&filename=minecraft_9884.exe&cb=-575077207&executable=1198105

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