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minecraftsetup.exe

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Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraftsetup.exe, “App Setup ” by Top Balance (New Media Holdings) 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 installCore 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:
Software Internet   (signed by Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
App

Description:
App Setup

MD5:
1127407b29ad18706fb64e22023902f5

SHA-1:
860719c9e9aa8109041044c0ad39dfa4a1c4b623

SHA-256:
c82cef02f534c529c29ef382d6a2ba1fd91b5164107bfc113439365648b81a6e

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 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:
11/15/2024 12:43:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.installCore.Installer (M)
16.2.6.21

File size:
758.6 KB (776,840 bytes)

Product version:
2.0

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraftsetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 10:54:46 AM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 10:54:46 AM

Subject:
CN=Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=Top Balance (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112195E753935A102CF246567B961877F414

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yLgp/8YM9YMp16ARTkOLhvCBJNWAE/YZdk+LU+umLNcPqTCl+ZXAmXHe1UOkhk8U:yLg18Zl1hRgOVEJNWAC0F1LNwjlOX3RY

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8872

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.appnew.org/c?x=UKvm A66yyP6XVCmzjoO9GW7Hf8LigYoZXxh8nQL/30=&c=ZAZUzzkf gnPu433LbDKT6rpJOG9KwsITW2d9aqEhROLCRNlmqCrcXRdcERP4Kv7DLiA2X6VE6JNl3zUM4r0D wnHen7Z29Y 8Ognh2smTZbW/JgoxE/FbcmyybXr1h7PC6HyqhRLfuXTXmlSfgRrA==&fallback_url=http://allmyapps.com/binary/1603/.../direct-download?token=90c4f1d505d730885cc98010575156fddefdb54b&downloadAs=MinecraftSetup.exe

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