bitlordinstaller - minecraft 1.7.4 by teamextrememc.com.exe

House of Life

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application bitlordinstaller - minecraft 1.7.4 by teamextrememc.com.exe by House of Life 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:
House of Life  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4194314048d2d6c2f59d604fcbd1cbdf

SHA-1:
dd285217f7fcbe1c357676db46b28cf08ee6fabd

SHA-256:
80eac10905d82077b5541276f68a9d92952f34594729c2bfe104bab1387b54b5

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:
4/27/2024 1:17:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.HouseofL (M)
16.6.8.7

File size:
673.5 KB (689,632 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bitlordinstaller - minecraft 1.7.4 by teamextrememc.com.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
6/17/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
6/18/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=House of Life, O=House of Life, STREET=Ølnes, L=Sogndal, S=Sogn og Fjordane, PostalCode=6856, C=NO

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00B04F15C36092438970725F31E534E1C7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Nh9yMJfsGNkpTsY2bANo7+CJYQdew7rzXbllBfu2QY44XWTkT8HTjuQjgnVwxcTa:ByMJfsC2qC/xQowZrfu2B4u2kT8HTpgi

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The file bitlordinstaller - minecraft 1.7.4 by teamextrememc.com.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.