minecraftinstall.exe

Minecraft

Air Software

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraftinstall.exe by Air Software has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:
AirInstaller Inc.  (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Minecraft

Version:
2.0.3.93

MD5:
d0f724a46e60b3433142aaf976f5f8ed

SHA-1:
2f4be919b278491fc8c530a44cc3dbf73808621a

SHA-256:
1cd1a550363615a8172337651582527bdfda277a4fd14f32c605a51a56fb2b50

Scanner detections:
35 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
12/27/2024 5:30:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4
525

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.AirAd
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller
15.08.28

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.140.94

avast!
Win32:Installer-L [PUP]
2014.9-150828

AVG
Adware Generic_r
2016.0.3003

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4
1.0.20.1200

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-67
0.98/19479

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A
18025

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1167
9.0.1.0240

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller
8.15.08.28.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Agent
8/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/AirInstall.A8.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-28-08_6

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
15.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.10.25.11

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11613

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller
14.0.0.1510

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2015.08.28.10

McAfee
Artemis!8F91720F1B3E
5600.6659

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4
16.0.0.720

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dbujju
0.28.2.62440

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.1116296
14.03.31.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
15.08.28.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM01.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5
8.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)
15.8.28.22

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.15826

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
AirInstaller
27896

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.249
2.0.0.1944

File size:
1.1 MB (1,116,800 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.3.93

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller. All rights reserved.

Original file name:
AirInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/25/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3AC786E09219DF82DA830E461D4FC39F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/10/2013 8:39:34 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TBgCkVrizucYSpcaaWVgqSzLXdMS04R2AFeZiTcrgM86xc3FX7Ryhz2:TBBFzBcWGqSzLf04R6i4kM8ccxRj

Entry address:
0x24EBB0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 30, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, EB, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
1 MB (1,097,728 bytes)

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