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mineshafter_setup.exe

DownloadShield

The application mineshafter_setup.exe by DownloadShield 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 NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.downloadspring.com.
Publisher:
DownloadShield  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d9f11b963425db469b1f59b96db250e6

SHA-1:
96eb5db7898021c86fbc50a66d4669a2594e5db1

SHA-256:
83825fe84f4889dc128ef2ff8950e6b50c10f805e8addebe37277554e17753ae

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.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 7:53:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.DownloadShield.Installer (M)
16.1.15.14

File size:
210 KB (215,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DownloadShield

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/11/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/10/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=DownloadShield, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=DownloadShield, L=San Jose, S=California, C=US

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:
309C9F4C0975E9792AECED60B8346C13

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/29/2014 5:10:27 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:dkZWy1ZuhOmk7eUE6Ee9uWD2MYf4SIzoyWX+:Ny1YozemTUAtYHnyY

Entry address:
0x3350

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, A8, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 23, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 3B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 30, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 15, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 03, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6340

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://www.downloadspring.com/.../Mineshafter_Setup.exe

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