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minecraft_ar.exe

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_ar.exe by Webcellence has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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_ar.exe

Publisher:

Webcellence Ltd. (signed and verified)

MD5:

b9de55a33d5799886f1aaa1de21014c0

SHA-1:

a28bd20023941e4fb9153832e4bdfa358531720c

SHA-256:

ebf0e55c8c64222d511e09dc79d433abb71b028c25ed8af84f45719a418ffee7

Scanner detections:

23 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:

4/23/2024 8:57:55 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.InstallCore

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7

7.11.125.192

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Strictor.48839

1.0.20.185

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.InstallCore.KAT

17640

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.24524

9.0.1.037

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Strictor.48839

8.14.02.06.02

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.FJ (variant)

8.9310

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/InstallCore

4/11/2014

F-Prot

W32/InstallCore.R.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Strictor.48839

11.2014-06-02_5

G Data

Gen:Variant.Strictor.48839

14.2.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of adobe_photoshop_id.exe (Adware)

2014.4.11.3

IKARUS anti.virus

Win32.SuspectCrc

t3scan.2.2.29

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A

v2014.02.06.02

McAfee

Artemis!EFB1971765F2

5600.7164

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Strictor.48839

15.0.0.111

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Webcellence.M

14.8.7.20

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594

23.00.65.14204

Sophos

Install Core Click run software

4.96

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.InstallCore/Variant

10800

Trend Micro House Call

TROJ_GEN.F47V0113

7.2.101

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.InstallCore

3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic

25584

File size:

665.5 KB (681,456 bytes)

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft_ar.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Webcellence Ltd.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

3/5/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/5/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Webcellence Ltd., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Webcellence Ltd., L=Moshav Ora, S=Israel, C=IL

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:

2742F1242826FB7F69B052B7F394DFED

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:ofyMJfsGWgRKsZprsYnHLih4YxcIx03QgvCbvIJmRpkDiDzhD/jrUS0L/eo:ofyMJfslgRKsZ8ThBpDNcD0lboSAeo

Entry address:

0x98CC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8... 
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Entropy:

7.8276

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://safe.to.download.downloadastro.com/minecraft_ar.exe

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