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minecraft setup.exe

Installer

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, “Installer Setup ” by Darwen Marketing 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 installCore 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.
Publisher:
Installer App   (signed by Darwen Marketing Inc.)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
985c8a13e2475eb9090001918ebdbf57

SHA-1:
6e63bee19449d61b016318c2802c3b45500a0c1f

SHA-256:
12aa6b0fe31b9acd2579d8d0646d3bce209ef94ba337e39810183023c29a754e

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:
5/5/2024 1:59:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.DarwenMarketing.Installer (M)
15.12.26.15

File size:
673 KB (689,120 bytes)

Product version:
1.8.6

Copyright:
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:
2/15/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2016 3:59:59 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:
64F49DD6174034B68EBCA526431D26A7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:W7JpzIhci0lBmATbqR1thLaHiP/UG9IiAOo5mMZ8H5H4m/A6oh18t/:W7JdIp0pTbq/ru6/f9eXSZH4Gm2/

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.8886

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 4 URLs.

http://cdn.whitesoftwarespot.com/c?x=qUUqt/XPN1YF3zp7evjej62mE0QveyXokfA1dZNju3k=&c=IaOkDb3udbDtPN RuG62bJkS560GOtNS1YKcn9mtG2ph0NVc73X3dMDIbTNuUtkC4pQsZe3a0fHgo6zxqvraQw==&downloadAs=Minecraft Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/bing2/.../download.php

http://cdn.directdownloadpool.com/c?x=YmoMp4PD1nfcREdCbduEtvLrZPMVewQBMJLqOJ913eg=&c=OsdHtVu3h0IkHLRF2PfUQ4L11Oo/jMGMIDPuZWCJkExLHyYH7 ttmOiK29kASFsAVvV hS9nYyFuK96MJuV2oA==&downloadAs=Minecraft Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/bing2/.../download.php

http://cdn.perkysoftwareplanet.com/c?x=gCtFqEtV6IDf qkShcjkml0lr68Iho1u0bL/Z37/2k4=&c=5MOK54k KL0S5usbzONu cAiK A9qcYJ ofaEH9EqKK HJXgQ3JQQIbMmT5is5GwHKTsimZGmHyvw1xMgtf3IQ==&downloadAs=Minecraft Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/bing2/.../download.php

http://cdn.straightapplicationground.com/c?x=jH50myJC4iknLEvK8/NMfeUPEJ75W lMWlkNlAtwXDs=&c=yTS03Ei1B0FUmuV5PVBdzzzeomiAi677s7FWZlug3TC1utQdUHjWXcusE rRF4tD5W8lUCpbY4/jcY RyEtMLA==&downloadAs=Minecraft Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/bing2/.../download.php

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