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mine-craft-setup.exe

DownloadShield

The application mine-craft-setup.exe by DownloadShield 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from ddbyw3kvsvep.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address ps533545.dreamhost.com on port 443.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e969b62fbcedf759c0e41e35f7b811cd

SHA-1:
fe247f62bef5c6364acaf73572274a65b4a55572

SHA-256:
7c22731f33eed108d284b98f8e0fde74d0de355ebb0d810370a9785e01e231be

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.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 1:55:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.29.15

File size:
268 KB (274,472 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mine-craft-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, C=US

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:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/3/2015 10:43:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x31FD

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, F0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 83, F8, 06, 74, 11, 53, E8, F3, 26, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, E8, 73, 40, 00, E8, 74, 26, 00, 00, 68, E0, 73, 40, 00, E8, 6A, 26, 00, 00, 68, D4, 73, 40, 00, E8, 60, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, BC, 26, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.0208

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file mine-craft-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://ddbyw3kvsvep.cloudfront.net/Mine-craft-setup.exe

http://www.fomoplay.com/.../download

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

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ps533545.dreamhost.com  (64.111.117.81:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-203.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.203:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-150.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.150:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-113.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.113:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-67.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.67:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-38.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.38:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-51-189.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.189:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to p3nlhg686c1686.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net  (50.62.103.1:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-89-142.ind6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.89.142:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-3-96-24.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.3.96.24:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-217.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.217:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-15-8-42.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.15.8.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-163.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.163:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-152.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.152:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-122-219.dfw50.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.122.219:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-33-142.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.33.142:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-220-100-177.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.220.100.177:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a104-96-210-151.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (104.96.210.151:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-196.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.196:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-190.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.190:80)

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