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minecraft_pcgdemo.exe

Minecraft PC Gamer Demo

Mojang

The executable minecraft_pcgdemo.exe, “Minecraft PC Gamer Demo Setup ” has been detected as malware by 13 anti-virus scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. Infected by an entry-point obscuring polymorphic file infector which will create a peer-to-peer botnet and receives URLs of additional files to download. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.pcgamer.com.
Publisher:
Mojang

Product:
Minecraft PC Gamer Demo

Description:
Minecraft PC Gamer Demo Setup

MD5:
b1ab18928a0fba6f964633ae7b3a2c6b

SHA-1:
08fc65e06ba8fefb15398edeebe2d96bf1cfc8c9

SHA-256:
1e4debbd42206f647708232b7bdc330b52a990984e66e6c117daf3c2eabcad24

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
File is infected by a Virus

Explanation:
The file is infected by a polymorphic file infector virus.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 1:29:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Sality
160216-0

AVG
Win32/Sality
2015.0.4530

Dr.Web
Win32.Sector.30
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Win32.Sality
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/Sality.NBA virus
8.0.319.0

F-Prot
W32/Virut.AI!Generic
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Win32.Sality.3
5.15.21

Kaspersky
Virus.Win32.Sality
15.0.0.562

McAfee
Virus.W32/Sality.gen.z
18.0.204.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.213.6622.0

Norman
Win32.Sality.3
19.02.2016 10:08:15

Sophos
Virus 'Mal/Sality-D'
5.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758034
47240

File size:
4.1 MB (4,260,277 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:tb7IZFnk5BbDmVA/NMQ9KTJ9hfcHBf332pJ8hvYfKS2AP1GmSA93:x7IZ+vDHW+OJ/s9GpJUvVq1Gml93

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
68, 5B, A6, 34, 00, 02, DA, 8B, F5, FE, CE, EB, 09, 0F, BE, E9, C7, C6, D6, A0, CE, A9, 22, F0, 51, 29, D5, 5F, 46, 81, FB, 60, F1, 00, 00, 75, 0C, 10, C2, 1B, EF, 8D, 15, 6B, 6B, DE, E0, 01, CD, 84, F7, 0F, CD, 81, FF, 66, C7, 00, 00, 77, 0E, 69, EF, 29, 67, A7, 0E, 8B, E8, 81, D6, E9, C9, 61, 79, 8D, 15, BD, 0B, 00, 00, 87, ED, 8B, C2, 02, D5, 35, BD, 0B, 00, 00, 8D, 2D, 2F, 34, E1, E5, 8D, 07, 0F, AF, EE, 0F, BF, FD, 50, 80, C6, 39, 5B, 4D, 75, 06, 69, FE, E7, D0, 09, 9A, 8D, 0B, 81, E3, 8C, 17, 28, D2...
 
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Entropy:
7.9984  (probably packed)

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://dl.pcgamer.com/minecraft_pcgdemo.exe

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