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Monako

Webcellence 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, “Monako Setup ” by Webcellence 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:
Lafal   (signed by Webcellence Ltd.)

Product:
Monako

Description:
Monako Setup

MD5:
1ca7fbc3228e5d4f29241d7d31b5ccac

SHA-1:
9be3637b22be04ec9382e3925093001ba5b7952d

SHA-256:
ababdb241fbbe13bd95e834ceaa43ae1bb78d2f7f40037fbb1c80a631ac40040

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:
4/19/2024 3:50:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Webcelle.Installer (M)
16.4.13.3

File size:
1 MB (1,080,616 bytes)

Product version:
5.1.4

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Webcellence Ltd.

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/18/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/18/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Webcellence Ltd., OU=IT, O=Webcellence Ltd., L=ORA, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
773E2C2E5EC62B0904E1441B54A723A6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:3CwWmKL/RxUmZ4h1Xjxvvi7ktgtraVG+u7Fl3ReexFS:3lWZfUO4htlHteRkterbvS

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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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 3 URLs.

http://www.2016delivery31.com/c?x=LLuwd7w4U1aez8VzoxNqKvpZcOn AYlN2br02Hfr0u8=&c=vU/eeRhK2iXz3/1zuHRi0uYS SIVmDdiriNen3P0kjvzbJjpApmf2yrkx3a9ZfyTd/v DdbOoLYNP/kzPymhuPTtkQXc3dYNlnkwc0YMNiK/nStXsVWIu06EDIEsG0jrcNQ7JxtbwxeP5L59vHdOqDXTaan1LnKTjNAdfCN0LdA=&e=0&downloadAs=minecraft.exe&fallback_url=http://minecraft.de.downloadastro.com/.../?utm_source=ira&utm_medium=error_generating&utm_campaign=minecraft

http://www.2016delivery31.com/c?x=NsQHt2zwRKHGt17dPaRXoTi8SnzEfYum0FxPF2MwIkM=&c=H1uWf0YAIML2LxbP7KcxoiDCXLgfXbZzO 9q2OTue9idnjVSRkBjayDpWIg9ar0m XjFOWv25Qc/atP jgRLK7Dqp37H8DIuNXGSdWTUv9e0Nos7O4fLXv/QtQfCW6u2pNiSJ70E3A31rgIhqOHeKoVfje TjnZyL3xOHf8JN2k=&e=0&downloadAs=minecraft.exe&fallback_url=http://minecraft.de.downloadastro.com/.../?utm_source=ira&utm_medium=error_generating&utm_campaign=minecraft

http://minecraft.software.informer.com/.../

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