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minecraft-setup.exe

The application minecraft-setup.exe has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The file has been seen being downloaded from dw.com.com.
MD5:
315e334137cd913289554c91202c94e8

SHA-1:
8700f46f86ee3524a6ba784a92167afe5049ae7d

SHA-256:
8b42099418a77072b17f5b76db37bb33c4ba42050f2ecc9e9318982717e33091

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 5:37:12 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.89231
5819052

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.81
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Strictor.89231
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.G potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Strictor.89231
5.15.21

Norman
Gen:Variant.Strictor.89231
17.12.2015 06:34:11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782786
45976

File size:
567.3 KB (580,947 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 1:07:51 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NiqXIELz6dIfaBUSAXnLqJLwD3bxWTOxlUgbPr9whk:NigIsz6dLUt3LqJwD3N+7wPrau

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9335

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://dw.com.com/redir?edId=3&siteId=4&oId=3028-20416_4-75446433&ontId=20416_4&spi=38b25b5d235210ec21d6f76a83955bb6&lop=google_sem&tag=sem_dlnow&pid=13110991&mfgId=10145641&merId=10145641&pguid=UceakwoOYI4AAG0VOsIAAAHQ&destUrl=http://.../dlcom?psetid=75446433&geo

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