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Minecraft

Air Software

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft.exe, “Minecraft ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager 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.
Publisher:
AirInstaller   (signed by Air Software)

Product:
Minecraft

Description:
Minecraft

Version:
2.0.4.69

MD5:
20fe469205b441c14118927a7ee332d4

SHA-1:
0f8edb243e1ab175d7c510d670f1dfe5f8b1f125

SHA-256:
5b6ed1fee6cf7271f6837f5eee3cfb9349d1d60d90cbe59b562d447938468922

Scanner detections:
21 / 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 1:04:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen
7.11.170.170

AVG
Adware Generic_r.JB
2014.0.4015

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-26
0.98/19328

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.B
19408

Dr.Web
Trojan.SMSSend.4723
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-6e40cf7f
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13257

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AirInstaller
v2014.09.03.12

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.cwblbu
0.28.2.61942

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.837536.B
14.09.03.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/AirInstaller
14.09.03.12

Quick Heal
Adware.AirAdInstaller.I5
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
DownloadManager.AirSoftware.J
14.9.3.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C
23.00.65.14901

Sophos
AirInstaller
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.AirAdInstaller
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.128
2.0.0.1911

File size:
817.9 KB (837,536 bytes)

Product version:
2.0.4.69

Copyright:
(c) AirInstaller

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Air Software

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
1/24/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Air Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:
3AC786E09219DF82DA830E461D4FC39F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/17/2013 2:10:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DddjBQcqQV8/0+2PeW+zrAHSVl3fLQWdWtorDRJRuyT81gGQ:xdjBlVx+2PzsflvDOop3ZZ

Entry address:
0x25F7B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, D0, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 40, E6, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.8790

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
780 KB (798,720 bytes)

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

http://files.installs.co/get/click/nnj1rgkh/?d=http://downloadd.org/.../minecraft.exe&n=Minecraft&key=0d732011e9b54dd278a84c2480a2c467af73504582f9dfc3865f2306c0adac07&product_image=http://downloadd.org/.../minecraft.png&sid=minecraft&filename=minecraft

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