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CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The application minecraft.exe, “Soft Setup ” by CrossBeam (New Media Holdings) 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.appscleanapplication.com.
Publisher:
Web Program   (signed by CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Soft

Description:
Soft Setup

Version:
5.8.3.8

MD5:
4c558396c0d46dab8601d0162778cbd4

SHA-1:
ddaa14f1c163eceb2f68e05aa190bb09d5f8d935

SHA-256:
fec304c3d7ad25d971ef1a8e8437db33383270ea993a94ad4eaced3288faa566

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:
5/12/2024 6:14:11 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH (M)
16.7.29.21

File size:
887.5 KB (908,848 bytes)

Product version:
5.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraft.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/22/2015 10:38:00 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 10:38:00 AM

Subject:
CN=CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=CrossBeam (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11215DCA5769E6C445E0FF9ADF5CD149DC4E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:X9KCWk+6Vyq4x0TEM9QNNlja7XnLnn7JM9U+ssaCUGvdd:X89kbm0QKQJYXLn7a9UQyWdd

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.9229

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.appscleanapplication.com/c?x=OI97Wx8pji RtjlQ45rxgBfpKloF2RmSucD/tqgdv24=&c=ego0nshT0yPOwKJ3UJxDBP1Ww1ZD3EdSTYBoYeRmB k0uPNJwvxv3/LDKF7tSDNq4AFzGLRyimeUyFXq706X6kWGFbgdNZHSwFx4nFvZXCg68eh49ZsWEXx jh92rezT5M3qFCEOlNDjyqPlfFMBGeAzIynhF/VUnSQjEjKn4A=&downloadAs=minecraft.exe&fallback_url=http://downloadpt.com/softwares/.../minecraft-classic.exe

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