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minecraft_setup.exe

Setup

Secure Installer Inc

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_setup.exe, “This installer database contains the logic and data required to install Setup.” by Secure Installer Inc 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 AirInstaller Download Manager 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.
Publisher:
Company Name  (signed by Secure Installer Inc)

Product:
Setup

Description:
This installer database contains the logic and data required to install Setup.

Version:
1.0.0

MD5:
47205b9b7982066701888d87d8efff98

SHA-1:
38baa78046ae4b1e018143392af44bc1364a8c26

SHA-256:
bf47ed8c7030d41964012bf2f49353f396100c56f5b54ef8ebb411d4704316eb

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:
5/8/2025 3:23:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Air Software.SecureIn.Bundler (M)
16.5.5.1

File size:
2.1 MB (2,250,712 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014 Company Name

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
AirInstaller Download Manager

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer Inc

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/23/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/10/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Secure Installer Inc, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Secure Installer Inc, L=Montevideo, S=Montevideo, C=UY

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:
758FA9E134C3AC63F6587F4C4D976651

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/28/2014 10:44:47 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:qABxX/l1AFFzYoWOAKeDshY4RttiYxRmnS0wK/517n6eei16E+DF:qABxX/sFFsoWHKegtVK/51T6U6Eq

Entry address:
0xC4C6B

Entry point:
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Code size:
1004 KB (1,028,096 bytes)

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