minecraft.exe

App secure LLC

This is the Softpulse installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft.exe by App secure 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 Softpulse SoftwareBundler 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:
App secure LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
61bf225ca8a469545afd9f885616fcde

SHA-1:
a44a265eed98d30346447dade0b3f8ff434440ce

SHA-256:
37ddb51baaa59741657e200e8356e7d35ef46198ae8462c2a39ead9d567f6337

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:
4/26/2024 1:25:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Softpulse.Appsecur.Bundler (M)
16.6.2.11

File size:
562.9 KB (576,448 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Softpulse SoftwareBundler

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/18/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=App secure LLC, O=App secure LLC, 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:
5D0A1845D85007CD040B350F48C5F721

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/2/2015 12:44:29 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:KeJW8diwO6aaCrCNh4PDYe2k3KSBmWsrEi0fJMzM8RGuFvp83EGVvjKY:KeJWMNa/CNIYPgYWpJwM89WvWY

Entry address:
0x18ED20

Entry point:
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
520 KB (532,480 bytes)

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