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minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup.exe

Spiral Media

The application minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup.exe by Spiral Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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.
Publisher:
FYI Fun Installer Setup  (signed by Spiral Media)

Product:
FYI Fun Installer Setup

Version:
3.9.3.6729

MD5:
476d745f4032d08e63385044f2e62ab4

SHA-1:
36ee7db35fa2d01e53cf90bfe447022e25604ef9

SHA-256:
d3f0b726c2508e34077caaba1119fe35cdc6f872673fc76500b6a51e10bae37d

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:
11/24/2024 10:34:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SpiralMe.Bundler (M)
16.4.17.19

File size:
868.9 KB (889,752 bytes)

Product version:
3.9.3.6729

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Spiral Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/13/2015 7:17:39 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 7:17:39 PM

Subject:
CN=Spiral Media, O=Spiral Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
6FFD2B025FCB30E8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/3/2014 11:37:33 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:AyTohPU5CUVwmajfvK9ETAbkOjUqB/a2faeXv3Zm5299Dk1jrJeqj2pID8j7IPI/:A0qigmawbrJB/7RPZKm0m0PTEn3P68

Entry address:
0x262B

Entry point:
E8, E0, B2, 00, 00, E9, E2, AB, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 81, EC, 1C, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 8B, AC, 24, 28, 02, 00, 00, 56, 57, 6A, 01, 55, C7, 44, 24, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, E8, 3F, 3C, 00, 00, D9, 7C, 24, 1A, 0F, B7, 44, 24, 1A, 0D, 00, 0C, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 1C, 8D, 44, 24, 24, 50, D9, 6C, 24, 20, 6A, 00, 6A, 02, 55, DF, 7C, 24, 2C, 8B, 74, 24, 2C, D9, 6C, 24, 2A, E8, 1E, 3B, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 34, 8B, F8, 83, C4, 18, 8D, 1C, 0F, 89, 5C, 24, 14, 85, FF, 75, 11, 55, E8, 14, 3B, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9690  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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