minecraftsetup.exe

Application

App

The application minecraftsetup.exe, “Application Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program 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 Inno Setup installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
App

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
95f9ca0c4bfdcf428f254f188d9d3fe2

SHA-1:
df75be5313d230f532de365a496444d05b1c36d9

SHA-256:
9a81a15896988c0e968b65ba8a8c9c6c46ecb5da600d1787f5d08e67ae3d4d42

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:06:14 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.S (M)
16.2.28.7

File size:
756.6 KB (774,807 bytes)

Product version:
1.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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:KcipfCJiG3UQyLCrD0QjGETg0qs9P/QOJ/jORORRELsy8sK3frmQARN1SQhe//ur:KciVAfik0SbTgZsOsRWL18sEABo/A11h

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.8881

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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