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Lite

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, “Lite 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:
Program Lite installer   (signed by Webcellence Ltd.)

Product:
Lite

Description:
Lite Setup

MD5:
62592be6ca6d80541c5f31075cd2fae1

SHA-1:
d44a33408963f5442e077d28135cd0ed6ec2016d

SHA-256:
fb40284e5e27ba8ce532b2d4ebb8f7a9392ce5d1315da1beb942cd0e3de8b0fb

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:
5/6/2024 2:45:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.Webcellence.Installer (M)
16.2.3.19

File size:
977.8 KB (1,001,224 bytes)

Product version:
4.1.6

Copyright:
Internet Web

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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:g9Laadn1UgZg7/Yq/nIyxeVsWvy8rKgj6HYjqAWSUvP6f:g5fdn1re7/h/3xsGHYjqTPS

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 URL.

https://d2ejuiijeo2rmu.cloudfront.net/?domain=minecraft&name=Minecraft&icon=aHR0cDovL3pkamVjaWEucGwuc2Z0Y2RuLm5ldC9wbC9zY3JuLzE4OTAwMC8xODkyNzEvbWluZWNyYWZ0LTEwLTMyeDMyLnBuZw==&url=aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy5hbWF6b25hd3MuY29tL01pbmVjcmFmdERvd25sb2FkL2xhdW5jaGVyL01pbmVjcmFmdC5leGU=&os=&lang=pl_PL&desc=WmJ1ZHVqIHBpa3NlbG93ZSBpbXBlcml1bQ==

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