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minecraft-setup.exe

Power Play Media

The application minecraft-setup.exe by Power Play Media 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 Tomorrow Software Installer 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder.
Publisher:
Power Play Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Power Play Media

Version:
6.5.8.5004

MD5:
c60c2275d7f62a9806d85eec1304f0c2

SHA-1:
274bf58bec3411e69a69c9fa599d219b5f35f934

SHA-256:
313ec1845bcb657977b8990cb0e8f3c71b1a444bbb930973bd4bd137ca4d47e8

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:
5/17/2024 4:07:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.PowerPlayMedia.Bundler (M)
15.11.27.0

File size:
870.6 KB (891,496 bytes)

Product version:
6.5.8.5004

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tomorrow Software Installer

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minecraft-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Power Play Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/20/2015 2:50:38 PM

Valid to:
10/13/2016 4:17:38 PM

Subject:
CN=Power Play Media, O=Power Play Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
6022A4F3CF348BA8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/5/2014 4:45:43 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WYNuZNe5vj3osB7frRkwrkpYrPU02OJTRMCPKx+FVBhC+Uu+XNUeqTrsIBVy:vNXl7f91kpsJTOmK0FNVJQNxqUoVy

Entry address:
0x2795

Entry point:
E8, 76, B1, 00, 00, E9, 74, AA, 00, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 56, 8B, 75, 08, 33, C0, EB, 0F, 85, C0, 75, 10, 8B, 0E, 85, C9, 74, 02, FF, D1, 83, C6, 04, 3B, 75, 0C, 72, EC, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, FF, 25, 90, 48, 41, 00, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 53, 55, 56, 8B, 74, 24, 10, 57, 6A, 01, 6A, 00, 56, E8, 4E, 47, 00, 00, 83, C4, 0C, FF, 15, 88, F0, 40, 00, 8B, C8, C1, E9, 08, 33, FF, 0F, B6, D8, 0F, B6, E9, 3D, 00, 00, 00, 80, 73, 05, C1, E8, 10, 8B, F8, 53...
 
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Entropy:
7.9687  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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