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TINY INSTALLER

Tiny Installer is a download manager variant from Adknowledge that packages various adware-type offers (toolbar, coupon extensions, utilities) with software distributions. The application minecraft.exe, “Express Install ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion 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.
Publisher:
Express Install   (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
39980cbea8ed7470a3a45233c408a5b4

SHA-1:
33b771a99157c9ad681a3f171e1f0f3e1dd0f82a

SHA-256:
ff3d19e137364c34e4083f1ddb9d80e3a755bee45d4c2492734bef7a7ee73fd5

Scanner detections:
11 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager bundles various adware components.

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:
4/19/2024 8:05:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-150909

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
17986

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1554
9.0.1.0252

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of facebook_messenger_setup.exe (Adware)
2015.9.9.6

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11540

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.1454

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2015.09.09.06

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ckibss
0.28.0.58491

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1867560
14.03.24.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.TINYINSTALLER.Installer (M)
15.8.3.23

File size:
1.8 MB (1,867,560 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Express Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TINY INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TINY INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TINY INSTALLER, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, 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:
54C184C0CB6B6510B3582483FC098463

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/4/2013 4:13:02 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:+wa21gycvUYDB9N3fXy0OAZ5l40IyxTF3Hd6ek:y21gycs69Nvvt2yxT3s

Entry address:
0x361F5

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 78, 08, 5C, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, D4, F4, 5B, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.1613

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

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

https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/.../minecraft.exe

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