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Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft.exe, “Program Software Web Setup ” by Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives 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. 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:
%PROD_NAME%  (signed by Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd)

Product:
%PROD_NAME%

Description:
Program Software Web Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34556

MD5:
322694a65f55cdbed0447b5f002c6c6a

SHA-1:
62dc74fa7032841c02893b846a7d7a91dc07dbcc

SHA-256:
b11c747d02aa30403c891092e02cb4bb10d9b82ee266d969f9d51016ec1a8046

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 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:
4/28/2024 6:17:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.AvitzurEfratiManagementInitiatives.Installer (M)
15.9.17.18

File size:
743.3 KB (761,184 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_34556

Copyright:
%PROD_NAME%

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
1/11/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/20/2016 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd, O=Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd, L=Petah Tikva, S=Petah Tikva, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0ECF1F40DAE092F2BFC5CB2FFCA12F72

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 2:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:c4vpBtFBJYmYVDiL3lcawx3AEJT81VNiHE/CmRsemQ0lxm6kUE9/Zrg4:c4v9FjAs3lRwxA2gBjCBP4r

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Entropy:
7.8167

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://cdn.makemybrowser.com/?ic_user_id=842

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