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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 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tomorrow Software Installer installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:
Power Play Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Power Play Media

Version:
6.5.8.5004

MD5:
0ba71fce6a0cc908edfd815eed353263

SHA-1:
4a1d074eb9cde07041791a1f393faf9e286b0429

SHA-256:
d57058a8aecb8851c3a4e7bf3441b38b92a8acfa9d047480465d508dae68e342

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
5/17/2024 3:11:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.4
396

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Bagsu
2015.12.03

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen
2014.9-160105

AVG
Generic36
2017.0.2874

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.4
1.0.20.25

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7383

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.RP
23690

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.1361
9.0.1.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.P potentially unwanted (variant)
10.12659

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/DownloadAdmin
1/5/2016

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2016-05-01_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin
16.1.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Win32.Dowadmin
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.212.18027

McAfee
Artemis!14DC059F4AAC
5600.6530

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.4
17.0.0.15

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
16.01.05.07

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.PowerPlayMedia.Bundler (M)
16.1.5.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.DownloadAdmin!1.A243 [F]
23.00.65.16103

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
45570

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 11:50:38 PM

Valid to:
10/14/2016 12:17:38 AM

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:
11/6/2014 1:45:43 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mYNuZNe5vj3osB7frRkwrkpYrPU02OJTRMCPKx+FVBhC+Uu+XNUeqTrsIBVy:/NXl7f91kpsJTOmK0FNVJQNxqUoVy

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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