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minecraft_tsv4ces8o.exe

Palo Alto Technologies

The application minecraft_tsv4ces8o.exe by Palo Alto Technologies 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 Perion Download Manager 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dde.de.drive-files-b.com.
Publisher:
Palo Alto Technologies  (signed and verified)

MD5:
76d642ae0c50935e32cd0a2d06b09850

SHA-1:
fed896fbfe94a21eec7647cec22cfef4450048bb

SHA-256:
2a9f9183b6a27548aa9bf95ba9306fca734ef323a12eba96c3a26160917b2214

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:
11/2/2024 3:28:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion Partner.PaloAlto.Bundler (M)
16.4.10.18

File size:
641.3 KB (656,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Perion Download Manager (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minecraft_tsv4ces8o.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Palo Alto Technologies

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
8/6/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/7/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Palo Alto Technologies, O=Palo Alto Technologies, L=Belize City, S=Belize, C=BZ

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

Serial number:
0FDF18920EC451B5148D1CCD7E8F1A6B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2012 2:19:59 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yEO1c+snptVsicYny8okbqLvXXruHrkvJ2WMXIpQgwl7S34tZp:yB1NaxbUvaHrkvJ2dXIpQgqS3Mb

Entry address:
0x39E3

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, 91, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 14, FF, 15, 30, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B8, 80, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, C0, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 37, 2A, 00, 00, 55, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, A3, D0, 2D, 47, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 55, 68, 1C, 93, 40, 00, FF, 15, 84, 81, 40, 00, 68, 04, 93, 40, 00, 68, C0, AD, 46, 00, E8, 19, 27, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 80, 40, 00, 50, BF, A0, 30, 4C, 00, 57, E8, 07, 27, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9622

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file minecraft_tsv4ces8o.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dde.de.drive-files-b.com//8/283/ct2831508/4adc6d8c650d4e28b6b990d523e858f1/Downloads/Prod/DDE1.3.9.0.140520.01/.../Minecraft.exe

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