installer_minecraft_dutch.exe

Max Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application installer_minecraft_dutch.exe by Max Setup has been detected as adware by 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. 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.
Publisher:
Max Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b43b102b565cda48803d8debe31f1227

SHA-1:
869143e64ae5decf7764fe916bdc5b6e71a86d6d

SHA-256:
17fb1cea2168acbb2a292d1dc2a9b77929c42329b01e14fe4165075b4d8d4a16

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:08:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.QGZ@bunJw4gi
883

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Kryptik
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.140.76

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140905

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3361

Bitdefender
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.QGZ@bunJw4gi
1.0.20.1240

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Kryptik-1661
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAM
18018

Dr.Web
Trojan.Damaged.1
9.0.1.0248

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.QGZ@bunJw4gi
8.14.09.05.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/Kryptik.BVVE (variant)
8.9613

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Kryptik.BVVE!tr
9/5/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-f2a9ad54
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.QGZ@bunJw4gi
11.2014-05-09_6

G Data
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.QGZ@bunJw4gi
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Backdoor.Hupigon
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11984

Malwarebytes
v2014.09.05.08

McAfee
Artemis!C0B6EAE909CF
5600.7017

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Trojan.Heur2.GZ.QGZ@bunJw4gi
15.0.0.744

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcnbjv
0.28.2.60990

Norman
Kryptik.CDMO
11.20140905

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.94c
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MaxSetup.Z
14.9.5.8

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10378

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0327
7.2.248

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
27860

File size:
680.7 KB (697,048 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/11/2014 1:00:00 AM

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

Subject:
CN=Max Setup, O=Max Setup, STREET=Lillienblam 28, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, PostalCode=651307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
008F6F1294DBB38F9F80A7A06DE489DF45

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):
12288:0nvpeW/FNX4/kKYEf6u1AagCV9jXOmBlCiMNgaqZlF+opBZ:0nvEKsEuWadzjeYlCiMNjqj0on

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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