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minecraft.exe

MineCraft

Air Software

This is part of the Air Installer, a download manager 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 Air Software has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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.

File name:

minecraft.exe

Publisher:

AirInstaller Inc. (signed by Air Software)

Product:

MineCraft

Version:

2.0.3.94

MD5:

9311f5c74937b459cf5c6fad1c0b98d1

SHA-1:

e45d8360ff632ac0d06a1772f19aa315403285ae

Scanner detections:

31 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/25/2024 3:47:30 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

578

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.AirAdInstaller

2014.07.14

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.140.88

avast!

Win32:Adware-CAH [PUP]

2014.9-150706

AVG

Adware Generic_r

2016.0.3056

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

1.0.20.935

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-360

0.98/20194

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AirAdInstaller.A

18025

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.4317

9.0.1.0187

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

8.15.07.06.03

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A.gen

v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2015-06-07_2

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

15.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.AirInst

t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus

Adware

13.176.11613

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.Agent

14.0.0.1777

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2015.07.06.03

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

16.0.0.561

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.SMSSend.cwbmjp

0.28.0.59492

nProtect

Trojan/W32.Agent.1125288.B

14.03.31.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

15.07.06.03

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.C5

7.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)

15.7.6.15

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.15704

Sophos

PUA 'AirInstaller'

5.11

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

AirInstaller

27892

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.118

2.0.0.1835

File size:

1.1 MB (1,117,312 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.3.94

Original file name:

AirInstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\minecraft.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Air Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/24/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Air Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:

3AC786E09219DF82DA830E461D4FC39F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/23/2013 11:05:49 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:DZzZ/pU1CH/zwSlazjx9OkDpqrvDIErNvCtEQUkGQDCaYexUBzCrTlD0:DFZOIfzwDztAFbDnrNvC5Bv5ZEQTa

Entry address:

0x24EDD0

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 30, 54, 00, 8D, BE, 00, E0, EB, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, EF, 75, 09, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 73, E4, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 0D, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 74, 89, C5, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, 75, 20, 41, 01, DB, 75... 
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Entropy:

7.7625

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

1 MB (1,097,728 bytes)

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

http://dl.yesdownloads.com/.../Minecraft.exe

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