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minecraftinstall.exe

Minecraft

Air Software

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 minecraftinstall.exe, “Minecraft ” by Air Software has been detected as adware by 32 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:

Publisher:

AirInstaller (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Minecraft

Description:

Minecraft

Version:

2.0.4.27

MD5:

9cdcf67d226f468979c13375feb76591

SHA-1:

46a9af3d56de098190999890ccd3a075b37cd364

SHA-256:

166b800babf97f401b71dbdf7c835f48f2ab3adf2d791c7eabc58fa460ee1ec2

Scanner detections:

32 / 68

Status:

Adware

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

4/18/2024 5:50:21 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

358

Agnitum Outpost

Adware.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

Adware/Win32.AirAdInstaller

16.02.11

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/Airinstall.J

7.11.142.186

avast!

Win32:Installer-L [PUP]

2014.9-160211

AVG

Adware Generic_r

2017.0.2836

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

1.0.20.210

Bkav FE

W32.HfsAdware

1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-7

0.98/20197

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Agent.AJ

18086

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.4653

9.0.1.042

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller

8.16.02.11.07

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A8.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2016-11-02_5

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.AirAdInstaller

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11737

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.676

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AirInstaller

v2016.02.11.07

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.AirInstaller.4

17.0.0.126

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.dbujju

0.28.0.60698

nProtect

Trojan-Clicker/W32.AirAdInstaller.824744

14.01.19.01

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

16.02.11.07

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.C5

2.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Air Software.AirSoftware.Bundler (M)

16.2.11.19

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.16209

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

AirInstaller

28194

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.250

2.0.0.1858

File size:

806.9 KB (826,272 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.4.27

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\minecraftinstall.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Air Software

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

1/24/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Air Software, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Air Software, L=Victoria, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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:

3AC786E09219DF82DA830E461D4FC39F

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

9/18/2013 12:42:39 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:v46ozCP4l3cXdcD5O4+UU59oKHd0g4MtBTN/9s:v8WoedQ54UUHo80mZy

Entry address:

0x254D10

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 50, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, C0, E6, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89... 
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Entropy:

7.8795

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

768 KB (786,432 bytes)

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

http://forfreeminecraft.com/.../minecraftsetup.exe

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