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New IT Limited

This is a bundle 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 New IT Limited 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 New IT Desktop Setup 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:
Company #1  (signed by New IT Limited)

Product:
Get your downloads

Version:
3, 1, 28, 0

MD5:
73d4a78a6bc7fda71a1e0fa64549cf0f

SHA-1:
b803d722a3fc5845519850c20a962229f4299fad

SHA-256:
a25ddbd3df36e3e19846e9baaf53f32a7309c55b401eac2161f7b31ea639b1ee

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 '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:
4/18/2024 9:56:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.New IT Limited (M)
16.8.9.10

File size:
406.5 KB (416,296 bytes)

Product version:
3, 1, 28, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013

Trademarks:
TM(c)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
New IT Desktop Setup

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
New IT Limited

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
12/30/2013 7:33:53 AM

Valid to:
12/30/2016 7:33:53 AM

Subject:
CN=New IT Limited, O=New IT Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
04225A281DFF69

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/17/2014 3:48:45 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:L2f8ETDJ2hjIaUR66QDEiaERyEip1qgLNMUJDT:AaG6sURBip1ph5T

Entry address:
0x29136

Entry point:
E8, 22, 92, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 14, A1, 30, CC, 44, 00, 33, C5, 89, 45, FC, 53, 56, 33, DB, 57, 8B, F1, 39, 1D, EC, E3, 44, 00, 75, 38, 53, 53, 33, FF, 47, 57, 68, B8, 31, 44, 00, 68, 00, 01, 00, 00, 53, FF, 15, 6C, D1, 43, 00, 85, C0, 74, 08, 89, 3D, EC, E3, 44, 00, EB, 15, FF, 15, 88, D0, 43, 00, 83, F8, 78, 75, 0A, C7, 05, EC, E3, 44, 00, 02, 00, 00, 00, 39, 5D, 14, 7E, 22, 8B, 4D, 14, 8B, 45, 10, 49, 38, 18, 74, 08, 40, 3B, CB, 75, F6, 83, C9, FF, 8B, 45, 14, 2B, C1...
 
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Code size:
239 KB (244,736 bytes)

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

http://ds322.maxiget.com/.../minecraft .exe

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