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icreinstall_minecraft.exe

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_minecraft.exe has been detected as adware by 27 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

MD5:

cc9af0de6bb02dadc50cb668a11135d7

SHA-1:

4da7ece207799c0a5d354f67b41456c2df997ff1

SHA-256:

fcc445312fe540c7a07915323116360d010eff1405ba9b4516359b91ed938e99

Scanner detections:

27 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

5/9/2024 12:17:08 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Adware.DealPly.J

886

AegisLab AV Signature

BDS-Hupigon.Gen

2.1.4+

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.InstallCore

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/InstallCo.HB

7.11.141.200

avast!

Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]

140813-1

AVG

Adware Generic5.BDFT

2014.0.4015

Bitdefender

Adware.DealPly.J

1.0.20.1220

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Dealply

0.98/19318

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Agent.I

18068

Dr.Web

Adware.InstallCore.86, Adware.InstallCore.122

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.DealPly

9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.BL potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/InstallCore.R.gen

4.6.5.141

F-Secure

Adware.DealPly.J

11.2014-01-09_2

G Data

Adware.DealPly

14.9.24

McAfee

Artemis!8DE6AB99AA14

5600.7020

Microsoft Security Essentials

Threat.Undefined

1.173.2171.0

MicroWorld eScan

Adware.DealPly.J

15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnbof

0.28.2.60990

nProtect

Adware.DealPly.J

14.04.07.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/CI.A

14.09.01.09

Reason Heuristics

PUP.InstallCore.V

14.9.1.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.InstallCore!6.4

23.00.65.14830

Sophos

Install Core

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.InstallCore

10385

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.InstallCore

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

InstallCore

28118

File size:

593.1 KB (607,368 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_minecraft.exe

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:fHyMJfs8dPOrwVJfGGhp8QTxFmyJd5jiOVBv23G2a4aezG:vyMJfskWruJfFp9ay75zO3G2a4bC

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.7618

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

36 KB (36,864 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to os.solvefile.com (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cdneu.webfilescdn.com (65.254.40.36:80)

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