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minecraft.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application minecraft.exe by Premium Installer 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 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:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4a30e6697a56ed76d7f2fa0d53bb91e1

SHA-1:
418310010aa72fa39969f236aa5f8d31f4738f87

SHA-256:
450cda3ffd2c62dd2d4035031d16fcaa077fdc7d58aa74305112f2f345fbe9c3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer 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:
4/25/2024 10:16:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.3.16.11

File size:
1 MB (1,093,416 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2012 9:30:00 AM

Valid to:
7/13/2013 9:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium 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:
706520EBEF7703A74B71E96735FFEA17

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2013 12:45:30 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x9138

Entry point:
E8, FB, 92, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A1, 10, A2, 42, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, F6, 05, E4, A1, 42, 00, 01, 56, 74, 08, 6A, 0A, E8, EC, 89, 00, 00, 59, E8, 50, 94, 00, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 6A, 16, E8, A1, 96, 00, 00, 59, F6, 05, E4, A1, 42, 00, 02, 0F, 84, CA, 00, 00, 00, 89, 85, E0, FD, FF, FF, 89, 8D, DC, FD, FF, FF, 89, 95, D8, FD, FF, FF, 89, 9D, D4, FD, FF, FF, 89, B5, D0, FD, FF, FF, 89, BD, CC, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 95, F8, FD, FF, FF, 66, 8C, 8D, EC, FD, FF...
 
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Entropy:
6.9390

Code size:
142.5 KB (145,920 bytes)

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

https://s3.amazonaws.com/MinecraftDownload/.../Minecraft.exe

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