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minecraft-setup.exe

SKUNK DOG MEDIA

The application minecraft-setup.exe by SKUNK DOG MEDIA has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Tomorrow Software Installer 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from files4.uberdownloads.net.
Publisher:
Pro Preferred Installer  (signed by SKUNK DOG MEDIA)

Product:
Pro Preferred Installer

Version:
50.4.8.219

MD5:
e2231a8bb84dfb7ab7bd6128ac0aceec

SHA-1:
d9907c44b19fb39242148feeeacf9ffb9241c287

SHA-256:
d0c17ea0f35eb3acd4f17713d558cf5c6ab5baa1ba76f147eb99a40556cc5e18

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/23/2024 5:22:26 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of tinyumbrella-setup.exe.00ufm4w.partial (Adware)
2015.9.26.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.TomorrowSoftware.SKUNKDOGMEDIA.Bundler (M)
15.8.14.3

File size:
873.5 KB (894,512 bytes)

Product version:
50.4.8.219

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}\downloads\minecraft-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SKUNK DOG MEDIA

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/21/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/21/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=SKUNK DOG MEDIA, O=SKUNK DOG MEDIA, L=SAN FRANCISCO, 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:
77AD9C75661D14F8BEF720820AC86007

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/16/2014 3:55:04 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ViMLKmtvPyHu7DqhAzFXy9pNg4W7HMcVcN+2QHCB:oiKmHyO0ABTp7scMQ

Entry address:
0xC822

Entry point:
E8, 3C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 57, FD, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, 51, 8D, 4C, 24, 04, 2B, C8, 1B, C0, F7, D0, 23, C8, 8B, C4, 25, 00, F0, FF, FF, 3B, C8, 72, 0A, 8B, C1, 59, 94, 8B, 00, 89, 04, 24, C3, 2D, 00, 10, 00, 00, 85, 00, EB, E9, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, A8, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 0D, A4, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 15, A0, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 9C, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 35, 98, 4B, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 94, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, C0, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, B4, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 90, 4B, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, 8C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9583  (probably packed)

Code size:
51.5 KB (52,736 bytes)

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

http://files4.uberdownloads.net/download/.../dl?bc=1187273&pid=TR&brand=uberdownloads.net&aid=DLM&s=msn&c=Minecraft_USA_Phrase&country=US&cb=1916628987&osName=Windows&osVersion=7&browserName=IE&browserVersion=8&zTmp=1&executable=1186359

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