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Installer application

CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application minecraft.exe, “Installer application Setup ” by CrossBeam (New Media Holdings) 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bestletterhouse.com.
Publisher:
Software Application   (signed by CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Installer application

Description:
Installer application Setup

Version:
4.2.5.0

MD5:
794e889e7644a529a2c85b2b7761877d

SHA-1:
18a39639844601a487d471a5b82af366b4932442

SHA-256:
732e6b2a117554ceb10b3e27cfd2d3b281e2dd176c2260160644856d4348f795

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:
5/2/2024 7:06:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.2.7

File size:
966.2 KB (989,344 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\minecraft.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/22/2015 11:38:00 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 11:38:00 AM

Subject:
CN=CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11215DCA5769E6C445E0FF9ADF5CD149DC4E

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:yofaHxcEN8HhkvEZQaC+dzxP0OcmuqxAcMxhBc:yg8RakcC+dzxMu2cMRc

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9337

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.bestletterhouse.com/c?x=JBY6cEir gdkBcR3C06zpaCBnT7hxDUIQW75z8NYssY=&c=N5WLMzjaOPM9CP2t11w5BQUnd4KipyN/v5oezrnTt2ft4aM9WG3pT62AQCORR0CIO6b0P0nMSx9e0SPH6pAF1bkK28gwKOW9TKK0qD0wMXKBJjKP8gnH0pvBLvn9ilWJHiPK/jmhQBtMmEA2kFeaw6ALfomWMEsJQOCnqtG9kiI=&downloadAs=minecraft.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../minecraft-classic.exe

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