minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup.exe

Pour Over Digital

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraftfreedownloadsuscom-setup.exe by Pour Over Digital 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. 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.
Publisher:
Pour Over Digital  (signed and verified)

Product:
Pour Over Digital

Version:
93.5.6.9130

MD5:
01f1a7be435a835ec674c0c013ad032b

SHA-1:
d2ea30183f0f38d7d21e6076df50fd68bc395657

SHA-256:
41007e547d469bbeabfdb19e75ca61ddabefec559924a29de96857ba2456dfaf

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 '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:
11/5/2024 3:17:55 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Tightrope (M)
17.3.14.14

File size:
868.9 KB (889,736 bytes)

Product version:
93.5.6.9130

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/2/2015 11:03:38 PM

Valid to:
9/5/2016 1:47:46 PM

Subject:
CN=Pour Over Digital, O=Pour Over Digital, 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:
008CC8B56C38E87874

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2014 8:03:16 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x207B

Entry point:
E8, 90, B8, 00, 00, E9, 92, B1, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 1C, 41, 41, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 08, 57, 33, FF, 3B, F7, 75, 06, 8D, 47, FE, 5F, 5E, C3, 89, 7E, 2C, 89, 7E, 30, 89, 7E, 18, 89, 7E, 08, 89, 7E, 14, 89, 7E, 34, 39, 7E, 20, 75, 07, C7, 46, 20, E0, 80, 40, 00, 39, 7E, 24, 75, 07, C7, 46, 24, 00, 81, 40, 00, 8B, 46, 28, 8B, 4E, 20, 68, 08, AB, 00, 00, 6A, 01, 50, FF, D1, 83, C4, 0C, 3B, C7, 75, 08, 5F, B8, FC, FF, FF, FF, 5E, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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