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minecraft_setup.exe

%VENDOR% Downloader

Dova Network (New Media Holdings 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, “Prog Setup ” by Dova Network (New Media Holdings) 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.
Publisher:
%VENDOR%  (signed by Dova Network (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
%VENDOR% Downloader

Description:
Prog Setup

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_35106

MD5:
853c8228d17569187ddedc5a7481b328

SHA-1:
97a3824092282135bd7390fd99f4287ee8ede93e

SHA-256:
decf7b0014c97dd453eeaecb712dc09dd5436426fc1d90b4bc621fa2793b0cf7

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:
4/29/2024 7:32:17 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.NMH.installCore.Installer (M)
16.6.7.6

File size:
821.3 KB (841,056 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_35106

Copyright:
%VENDOR%

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\minecraft_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Dova Network (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
10/29/2014 5:13:24 PM

Valid to:
10/30/2015 5:13:24 PM

Subject:
CN=Dova Network (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=Dova Network (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1121EA6FC07B9DEE393ABBAEF1AA874D6483

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0PO6kx+VLrtt70alCwWpHgVaFmyEb8hwgIb:0m5x6/tDCUuIawg

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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...
 
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Entropy:
7.8760

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.

http://www.coolall.org/?dl=1&dr=cHaWck1tIKFl73vPDEim2r0Wc32lDXiyvENyhKvEvmCWcyDEcmlChSDBDz1l QDj7z1HiQDj rcWDK4m7z0RvmiWAkDjIKiWXzL1OTCyOZMFASDPDdlChV8dOZ70ATa4ATiy&pd=2323UExJcZxPcHszUmNJ i==&campaignId=9jn0AjA0AjCyAZMq

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