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minecraft-demo-pc-gamer-.exe

CHIP Digital GmbH

The application minecraft-demo-pc-gamer-.exe, “CHIP Secured Installer” by CHIP Digital GmbH has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Covus 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from go.redirectingat.com.

File name:

Publisher:

CHIP Digital GmbH (signed and verified)

Description:

CHIP Secured Installer

Version:

1.0.7.2

MD5:

47cb45487a531ac05dc511e43b48392b

SHA-1:

f05b0f55d1672ce1d1e0da3e34353ecbe40f3003

SHA-256:

fa020788c3c790e63576314391d18fa992577fa4337b745869cb248642921a4b

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially 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:

4/24/2024 5:25:46 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

Win32.Generic

15.12.24.9

File size:

1.1 MB (1,203,488 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.7.2

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Covus

Language:

German (Germany)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft-demo-pc-gamer-.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

CHIP Digital GmbH

Authority:

DigiCert Inc

Valid from:

1/6/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/24/2016 6:00:00 AM

Subject:

CN=CHIP Digital GmbH, O=CHIP Digital GmbH, L=München, S=Bavaria, C=DE

Issuer:

CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:

01A0C3E3BC069F71B464AAD34063E209

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

2/11/2015 9:35:48 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:gq5TfcdHj4fmbx2qP0MmV0VMXfGqcnUsG0Eh3lWaUnfnnO/sWvW:gUTsamlxr3nhwlonnO/6

Entry address:

0x1A6890

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 30, 55, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, EA, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B... 
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Entropy:

6.9565

Packer / compiler:

UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:

336 KB (344,064 bytes)

The file minecraft-demo-pc-gamer-.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://go.redirectingat.com/?id=92X363&site=techradar.com&xs=1&isjs=1&url=http://www.tr.downloads-hub.com/download/resolve/246&xguid=&xuuid=1abd41c10e492b75ae341e4cfc954e5b&xsessid=&xcreo=0&xed=0&sref=http://www.techradar.com/downloads/minecraft-demo-pc-gamer&pref=https://.../&xtz=300

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