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minecraft-setup.exe

DownloadShield

The application minecraft-setup.exe by DownloadShield 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freegamer.info and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address ps533545.dreamhost.com on port 443.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
01d7f41097153ee6cfa195502124bc18

SHA-1:
ba972b41592683dad0707336d37d23248f33922c

SHA-256:
a61ade0f2d19867303897dee07c13077c56ec2fecd3fde1e8ad9217ce49b395a

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.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 10:29:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP (M)
17.1.29.7

File size:
218.3 KB (223,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, C=US

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:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/3/2015 9:43:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x31FD

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 33, DB, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 1C, C7, 44, 24, 14, F0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 18, 20, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 66, 83, F8, 06, 74, 11, 53, E8, F3, 26, 00, 00, 3B, C3, 74, 07, 68, 00, 0C, 00, 00, FF, D0, 68, E8, 73, 40, 00, E8, 74, 26, 00, 00, 68, E0, 73, 40, 00, E8, 6A, 26, 00, 00, 68, D4, 73, 40, 00, E8, 60, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0D, E8, C3, 26, 00, 00, 6A, 0B, E8, BC, 26, 00, 00, A3, 00, 3C, 42, 00, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.7320

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 2 URLs.

http://www.freegamer.info/.../Minecraft-setup.exe

http://www.freegamer.info/.../download

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ps533545.dreamhost.com  (64.111.117.81:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-126-171.iad16.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.126.171:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 107.154.157.90.ip.incapdns.net  (107.154.157.90:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-197-50-59.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.197.50.59:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to p3nlhg686c1686.shr.prod.phx3.secureserver.net  (50.62.103.1:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-52.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.52:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-51-38.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.38:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-51-131.jfk5.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.51.131:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-36-189.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.36.189:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-85-133-93.iad53.r.cloudfront.net  (52.85.133.93:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-33-4.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.33.4:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-33-143.ewr50.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.33.143:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-52-84-132-12.atl52.r.cloudfront.net  (52.84.132.12:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a96-17-153-41.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com  (96.17.153.41:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to server-54-230-5-74.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.74:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-56.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.56:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-247.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.247:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-165.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.165:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-5-137.dfw3.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.5.137:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-36-250.jfk1.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.36.250:80)

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