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Minecraft Setup.exe

Minecraft

Download Helper

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Minecraft Setup.exe by Download Helper 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 AirInstaller Download Manager 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.
Publisher:
Download Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Minecraft

Version:
3.0.0.61

MD5:
126c49b1758f207544a2a2f869807f7c

SHA-1:
41377da9ddcacd15d10e8b9c548f088cfd44aea9

SHA-256:
0c222223c814a3107a2b93626368e67d808e60a5a75b11381e635e059e5746c7

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:
5/9/2024 4:23:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software (M)
16.8.9.5

File size:
783.8 KB (802,584 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.61

Copyright:
(c) Download Helper

Original file name:
Minecraft Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Helper

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/28/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/28/2015 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Helper, O=Download Helper, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
4263E777B200F4E7A16FDB1764B87576

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/22/2014 5:20:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:XNlLp1zdnY029Ve01uh1eWT8/0Ngani6aAKQZl3Mu65aSf8Pp43ooJpYEUpObRDb:9dcVe01ubfe0Mz8r65643ooJpXD44

Entry address:
0x4CC8F

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 1A, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, 00, 4F, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, B1, 1A, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.1123

The file Minecraft Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://everydownload.net/uk/.../download

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