» minecraftinstall.exe
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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 by Air Software has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. 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 Inc. (signed by Air Software)

Product:

Minecraft

Version:

2.0.4.12

MD5:

67ee44232885c7015c2a92da091f79e2

SHA-1:

74fce89067af38b5d40ec303700e550edecacd02

SHA-256:

ae6847d252eef47013e14a64b884b9fdd43a0396fc0a5eb943c2ba49e1a561ba

Scanner detections:

24 / 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:

4/30/2024 5:43:52 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.AirAd

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/Airinstall.J

7.11.144.196

avast!

PUP-gen [PUP]

2014.9-141207

AVG

Adware Generic_r

2015.0.3340

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Airadinstaller-4

0.98/19185

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Agent.AJ

18150

Dr.Web

Trojan.SMSSend.4370

9.0.1.0268

ESET NOD32

Win32/AirAdInstaller.A potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/AirInstall.A.gen

v6.4.6.5.141

G Data

Win32.Adware.Airadinstaller

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of fpp_setup.exe (Adware)

2014.12.7.14

IKARUS anti.virus

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11847

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.AirAdInstaller

14.0.0.2833

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.AirAdInstaller.daxzhz

0.28.0.60253

Panda Antivirus

Adware/AirInstaller

14.09.25.05

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM01.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.AirAdInstaller.C5

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

DownloadManager.AirSoftware.Q

14.9.25.15

Rising Antivirus

PE:PUF.Airinstall!1.9C4C

23.00.65.14923

Sophos

AirInstaller

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.AirAdInstaller

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

AirInstaller

28512

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.AirAdInstaller.Win32.32

2.0.0.1833

File size:

804.4 KB (823,712 bytes)

Product version:

2.0.4.12

Original file name:

AirInstaller.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 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:

3/26/2015 4:59:59 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:

7/30/2013 9:39:55 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:5WpOn30F+mllrofVFH4DSzLcA1na1gkGZqkrnS0hIOQky28aF1FyGSVZIjHnBD1M:5OOn32+mofzzT5wOprX7y28aLjHBD1kH

Entry address:

0x251290

Entry point:

60, BE, 00, 20, 59, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, 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:

7.8792

Packer / compiler:

UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:

768 KB (786,432 bytes)

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