» minecraft_installer.exe
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minecraft_installer.exe

Geryon Ads S.L.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft_installer.exe by Geryon Ads S.L has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Geryon Ads S.L. (signed and verified)

MD5:

4ae5f6919b5572691db70101cadaed6f

SHA-1:

c62e61117ae84fa0d425d008d6c4dab8bb48786b

SHA-256:

3a4a01862fc3bcd6586bce3dd7e147c3b91688933ea960e415c52c9be215faf6

Scanner detections:

14 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:

12/26/2024 11:48:27 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9

7.11.184.250

AVG

Generic

2015.0.3268

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.InstallCore

4.0.3.14924

Dr.Web

Trojan.MulDrop5.38502

9.0.1.0267

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.PS potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/InstallCore

9/24/2014

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of spotify_installer.exe (Adware)

2014.12.6.17

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.185.13993

McAfee

Artemis!4AE5F6919B55

5600.6997

Qihoo 360 Security

Win32/Virus.Adware.f22

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.GeryonAdsSL.T

14.9.30.13

Sophos

Generic PUA MG

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

34232

File size:

753.5 KB (771,632 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft_installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Geryon Ads S.L.

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

6/15/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

6/16/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Geryon Ads S.L., OU=IT, O=Geryon Ads S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

71F910550D2DD2713679787B12FF2EA0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:o1vpy3xIB6DJaQWyN6zRloXUM4Vr0El6ptPDcfUiUVwz8dB8wazXYb1:o1vk3M611T633plWcIVwoXeX+

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8833

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file minecraft_installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://softwaredll.com/downloader/.../download_minecraft.php

http://win-software.net/.../minecraft.php

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