minecraft_tsv54299e.exe

Palo Alto Technologies

The application minecraft_tsv54299e.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dde.s.bondemand-about.com.
Publisher:
Palo Alto Technologies  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cc201008ffedc043252610b9c881b422

SHA-1:
35910bdce159d01e70bb37591d2c8c96932057d0

SHA-256:
77a6a44d37f577aad7dbf4bb28451190e2c980c18e62daac81ef2226ee22d9d2

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:
11/30/2024 3:26:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion Partner.PaloAltoTechnologies.Bundler (M)
16.2.17.10

File size:
714.1 KB (731,256 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft_tsv54299e.exe

Digital Signature
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:fEFJZxpzEjRMfjzJ7kMdH3r2eCc5Tikvez8ujZd5tYPCJJA+MJDaryq0lR:fStpEjEzJ7kMdbBCc5Tik6ZtCC0+2arS

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:
7.9664

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

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