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DownloadShield

The application minecraft.exe by DownloadShield 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.captaindownloadfiles.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2082179278f9bb6fa24dc6b88bdf9669

SHA-1:
52c9c601d6daf3257c96ff60112adfd7192c81d6

SHA-256:
706d21a7702076b0c4748450860ab31fb81f7f17470cf7bbc02b3ef74e5f6448

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.

Analysis date:
4/18/2024 10:30:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadShield.Installer (M)
15.12.28.23

File size:
295 KB (302,128 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/21/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2019 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, 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:
78070F8D972292519C0C15749BCB3808

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2014 10:10:25 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:J6AVnRg0KMcOgcuiiA+fTKYFfsFDv6BtgZHbGYXwj5484rL3E:FnzJHL+bFfs1G2ZyYXU4fs

Entry address:
0x31E8

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, E0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, DB, 73, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, D0, 73, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.4994

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
22.5 KB (23,040 bytes)

The file minecraft.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://cdn.captaindownloadfiles.com/?data=C2CqTjOzsoqu0jsTsPcYoMsBO7Oc22kGYN1ne1fMMrhcuB/SDMv3KS667VJtLgmnxClQDtLPmoWuOAr1ou6XeyGYjh4jRa5E30i65sRa8K51NjPpE5lyppwnHUHR9u8eZnFgVlrM5QRavMtVd5rhLekzF1dAkL56GoCEOwL6TE0SX9ateiI3xJ0zTQpmd2o1yF9SW8PqKYxOI7FxqaFw5lVBiXE8bXFw5gHucp01KxhVxWv9eFwY7iP7H/ f0KAk08DtRPT0thPO0qwq7yiMOcmdUWk9qpecBDK3g8S5XkjGbG ni1pum9BttqilvvdRvM7zmJVjLkITrMOcF8P dg MhPlq5RMqThxpBuIzjq0z50sOLRkunS11xeDMSgERas9aUcYZcM9anlZF9jWLMzkmpKCsKwyB3edn2c05i6BFaKOqlgr2wqCpdSiq7UzGoedDLe39Uzz0 BSfHLvSzUlGZ/OttyU0hvyyGaGjaMCCBsq3/qtRyb3GZ6z o81NCDeaZ7ssKmnj5/mb5sFg3snJGGsLM9RrAX1nGBwwPvZzk7 Ebw9l UbNTuQQZniiybg9GFlVFArcuHlyKtQGbLIGu hTG22tghVrMRYu5PAsWc55hKXmKEv2UzrJZkKS9XHnZz5j7 bT49gQPLwu w37q8vR3mJDdqaKNbwBtXO6t6htcC990jW9e92JieFm1OFzQ1mK bAKi38HMWKbC6tql0ixWSpV7STzyVim9uaCi5O7HN/olONcb/.../6aKyDOXeF88vm9NusIf0rVtIPJOleZp1R8vvs6sfNrN4heuJXABObe5Hs7gPoGnE4H

http://www.fomoplay.com/.../download

http://get.fomoplay.com/Minecraft.exe

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