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minecraft-setup.exe

GOLDEN BANNERS

The application minecraft-setup.exe by GOLDEN BANNERS 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. 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 files5.uberdownloads.net.
Publisher:
My Software Install  (signed by GOLDEN BANNERS)

Product:
My Software Install

Version:
9.3.4.0

MD5:
47fdac99bbdb2175b7b66fec8a37a8cb

SHA-1:
28f85e856f83a194e96d5a440dbbd41a3f8af8d8

SHA-256:
d4afe336e35cc456265d0800632f971a6d19ff5a933c278b9ed823e5a27b9bc3

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 '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:
4/16/2024 10:19:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.GOLDENBANNERS.Bundler (M)
16.1.11.3

File size:
875.1 KB (896,064 bytes)

Product version:
9.3.4.0

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}\downloads\minecraft-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
GOLDEN BANNERS

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/9/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=GOLDEN BANNERS, O=GOLDEN BANNERS, L=San Francisco, 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:
1C9D6194236D472E93E5D8BC2B85866A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2014 2:55:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wRMLKmtvPyHu7EUC2Zy9pNg4W7HMcWcN+2QHCnf:2iKmHyOHX9p7scbQO

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9584  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

The file minecraft-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files5.uberdownloads.net/dl?bc=1187273&c=Minecraft_USA_Phrase&geo

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