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minecraft_tsv54a4fw.exe

Palo Alto Technologies

The application minecraft_tsv54a4fw.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 77b3db35525848c2b85103d2fc0c051a.setuping-onlinedrive.com.
Publisher:
Palo Alto Technologies  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8d5fb81bd2e75c39c9d60fa6ae6e02b1

SHA-1:
2fc4e569358c2445c1dc51a05164af93268fda24

SHA-256:
a3a5aa81813c78322483adb872a9c3d1a9b126b68c5a434ba25114a734cbdca0

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:
11/5/2024 1:07:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Perion Partner.PaloAlto.Bundler (M)
16.5.15.7

File size:
714 KB (731,144 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_tsv54a4fw.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):
12288:0EF3tPnv8kf0srCpHG24rhtXCKmV+d/hlvQYSE/eqXWZW0bC:0S9vtf/r9ZhAHQHlj4WV

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:
7.9663

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
28 KB (28,672 bytes)

The file minecraft_tsv54a4fw.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://77b3db35525848c2b85103d2fc0c051a.setuping-onlinedrive.com/Default.ashx?EnvironmentID=1&PUID=1523567136585642810&CID=11602&PPD=1434,147953,20IILb4GB7OzptHu1jDYka1y8gHs000.,,,,lp,,,freeminecrafts.com&FID=102738e3a048431c756ffdfc54418b&InstallSessionID=15235671365856428102358926

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