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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 34 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.

File name:

Publisher:

AirInstaller Inc. (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Minecraft

Version:

2.0.3.98

MD5:

2f837f504de5d3904a9e95786af5a995

SHA-1:

d759b9b8391a069c66078a0e4cea5cd546601f08

SHA-256:

9451926f45d81bbc507be75df00c3c761b208fb8682034e4f00db4d44926b359

Scanner detections:

34 / 68

Status:

Adware

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

11/23/2024 3:16:57 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

6517743

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

15.03.17

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.176.158

avast!

Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]

150303-0

AVG

Adware Generic_r.IU

2014.0.4253

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

1.0.20.380

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-67

0.98/19479

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B

19709

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.1363

9.0.1.076

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/Agent

3/17/2015

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A.gen

4.6.5.141

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

5.13.68

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of java (17).exe (Adware)

2015.6.23.3

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.183.13584

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.2333

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2015.03.17.10

McAfee

Artemis!8F91720F1B3E

5600.6824

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

16.0.0.228

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dbujju

0.28.2.62440

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.824232

14.10.05.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

15.03.17.10

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5

3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.Bundler.Air Software

15.3.17.10

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.15315

Sophos

PUA 'AirInstaller'

5.11

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4782985

33624

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.249

2.0.0.1944

File size:

1.1 MB (1,125,280 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.3.98

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:

Air Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/24/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

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:

6/4/2013 12:22:07 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:5TrqpKT1U6LSINS6ejHIlgeXHAmf+FnKVVfR/7Ks:5acTuPjHIlgeXcIfRv

Entry address:

0x2543A0

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 60, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, 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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Entropy:

7.7653

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

1.1 MB (1,110,016 bytes)

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

http://forfreeminecraft.com/.../minecraftsetup.exe

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