home

minecraft setup.exe

Application

Darwen Marketing Inc.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft setup.exe, “Application Setup ” by Darwen Marketing has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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.
Publisher:
Generic Application   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
3.1.2.6

MD5:
3359c008b311f38896275112e29d3194

SHA-1:
2fbd9c178bade934371af3198d270e79d55fb4ca

SHA-256:
dfd81d83735ed299651d2ea8d0f118f9b2e856cefb55418d4fcc0c53b58a8e7a

Scanner detections:
9 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
4/28/2024 9:24:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.A.284
3.6.1.96

AVG
InstallCore
2016.0.3127

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15727

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.WX potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adobe flash player setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.27.10

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.203.15712

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Installer
15.4.26.17

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4786018
39486

File size:
685.4 KB (701,824 bytes)

Product version:
5.8.4

Copyright:
Program internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Darwen Marketing Inc.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/7/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/7/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Darwen Marketing Inc., OU=IT, O=Darwen Marketing Inc., L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
4F7ED3E5324494326CB1FB18C4370F32

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KDnp+Dj2fwJF3f4sPN0fI42ztfnPBUrPllB8ObCppPIAj/tGkzJu0LvJ3fV1xf6:KDn0DjT3f4sKfKFOv8GCp/j/gkzMmvFQ

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
[+]

Entropy:
7.8935

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://downtoad.com/landing/bing2-uk/.../download.php

Remove minecraft setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.