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minecraft_game_downloader.exe

Xpress Installer

This is the InstallMetrix bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft_game_downloader.exe by Xpress Installer 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 InstallMetrix Software 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:
Xpress Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d12ee4cefdfd3cb3c72b8dd1800371e7

SHA-1:
728a101503101544847da359f30f84d9f5d0d969

SHA-256:
f052ac305265e092113f0255d870a373e941b2b78be22a26b8829038a4e0e519

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:
12/25/2024 3:25:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix (M)
16.7.29.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,147,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software

Language:
English (United Kingdom)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft_game_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Xpress Installer

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/28/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/28/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Xpress Installer, OU=Xpress Installer, O=Xpress Installer, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
426A40A18F4F86A9762818361D0BB535

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/25/2015 9:37:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Ctb20pkaCqT5TBWgNQ7akQ8P/Fm5gB8It6JI6AZ:PVg5tQ7akpP/F1+7m5Z

Entry address:
0x25F74

Entry point:
E8, 6A, CE, 00, 00, E9, 7F, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 57, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 8B, 4C, 24, 14, 8B, 7C, 24, 0C, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, 68, 03, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 01, 73, 07, F3, A4, E9, 17, 03, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 82, CE, 01, 00, 00, 8B, C7, 33, C6, A9, 0F, 00, 00, 00, 75, 0E, 0F, BA, 25, 70, A3, 4B, 00, 01, 0F, 82, DA, 04, 00, 00, 0F, BA, 25, 58, 01, 4C, 00, 00, 0F, 83, A7, 01, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 0F, 85, B8, 01, 00, 00, F7, C6, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.0568

Code size:
557.5 KB (570,880 bytes)

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

http://pcfileddl.com/download.php?campaignId=30&filename=Minecraft_Game_Downloader.exe&subid1=16yar&subid2=doga&subid3=tca10l_sda6r&subid4=tfa9mi_tfa9mi&subid5=05252015ppvlp33_nobs__minecraft.n

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