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minecraft_setup.exe

Captaindownloads Downloader

Dove Source (Fried Cooke Ltd.)

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application minecraft_setup.exe, “Generic Application Web Setup ” by Dove Source (Fried Cooke) 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.

File name:

minecraft_setup.exe

Publisher:

Captaindownloads (signed by Dove Source (Fried Cooke Ltd.))

Product:

Captaindownloads Downloader

Description:

Generic Application Web Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_34599

MD5:

0578235a78a621fbc2317dd1c3e3f06c

SHA-1:

3591059ae5f707dba3fcfdb3f0fa7e7b154a94bb

SHA-256:

fffb4f2cdd60b583bca3a243e435f2e144a55b89483f7dc82f166582fbd47124

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:

5/7/2024 7:04:03 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

16.7.29.7

File size:

765.9 KB (784,296 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_34599

Captaindownloads

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Dove Source (Fried Cooke Ltd.)

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/5/2015 11:17:34 AM

Valid to:

1/6/2016 11:17:34 AM

Subject:

CN=Dove Source (Fried Cooke Ltd.), O=Dove Source (Fried Cooke Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121565CD3A6FF74126C58E5CFEFA7955821

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:jEvpPFLqoo5vyri8okUUjvInoRy2X5q8oh9t06MZryvFGxQyHLnTG13MmVXcuStS:jEvdFk6rijwInoR3Foh9tUZ3xbraWmnj

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8474

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

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