installer_minecraft_portuguese.exe

Minecraft

Download Assistant

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 installer_minecraft_portuguese.exe by Download Assistant 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 AirInstaller Download Manager installer. 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:
Download Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Minecraft

Version:
3.0.0.73

MD5:
b08b6b8139e070637fb109e01f81f72f

SHA-1:
82997b485b7c91bdf5470b97d643c8895907352d

SHA-256:
c2632e97724022276e6f140a8867b3673e385b24b7054697b0494b44b8269b1d

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 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:
4/25/2024 4:49:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.7.21.19

File size:
789.2 KB (808,168 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.73

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

Original file name:
installer_minecraft_Portuguese.exe.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, 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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/28/2015 5:30:21 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jbFdxlYmY5Kq2w7R0zUSh8wV1EzwlA5rGnK4S8ecir5/RT+p:jZdabezUSh8wV1EzwlUGnK4SZ5/i

Entry address:
0x4D5CF

Entry point:
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