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minecraft_game_downloader.exe

Hata

File Validated

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, “Hata Setup ” by File Validated 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Nis (signed by File Validated)

Product:

Hata

Description:

Hata Setup

MD5:

8a9e3e9e67ed599005802b03b3506b79

SHA-1:

a86b52906ee6bd1ac05ccffaac33fb44e0bab754

SHA-256:

bed2731e806edb8704a58220d6b8cc434041d46288ef2c67f06768fef04efe42

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:

1/15/2025 3:07:49 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallMetrix.FileValidated.Installer (M)

16.3.3.11

File size:

1 MB (1,094,232 bytes)

Product version:

1.4.9

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

File Validated

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

2/2/2016 1:33:01 AM

Valid to:

2/2/2017 1:33:01 AM

Subject:

CN=File Validated, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

Issuer:

CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:

112127B04ABA745F034A3BB2B235BBD0A1E4

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:c4WAxCGMH40LR+AgKoyiXByynmCywV+/zhwbWDRxwAbNTg5:c4XCDe9Vhw93wVkxHB

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE... 
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Entropy:

7.8769

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.applicationschucklemeta.com/c?x=KFKfU0Hwh2HlUPkco9TKYemCib/2nMtf0I76tcxtu/c=&c=GKCC0vZ6Z0OfWMJ2Dg4lDBaiFtTF 9wE7I8A7ycoc0cGxdV7LQnK9mEfIRhjEbjL1eWCyIRx0gqeOckcmYCSUOKUYVtebM l8xnl6W4PYvaKg55BTuPvibD 3BGcTNr2&downloadAs=Minecraft_Game_Downloader.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

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