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Minecraft

Download Assistant

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 setup.exe, “Minecraft ” by Download Assistant has been detected as adware by 7 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the AirInstaller Download Manager installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Download Assistant   (signed by Download Assistant)

Product:
Minecraft

Description:
Minecraft

Version:
3.0.0.31

MD5:
8127d13184191ac306dc34f9c6e0d5f2

SHA-1:
0f16a2093dfff96915c2cfaf6ec4f52532c3f3b4

SHA-256:
f65aa3449ac98b16f2369ab53fc0a091fa22edc17a6b833e4b28fd3308b3148a

Scanner detections:
7 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

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:
4/26/2024 1:56:32 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141003-0

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.170
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant (variant)
8.10587

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAssistant
v2014.10.19.04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAssistant.F
14.10.19.15

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782985
33706

File size:
919.3 KB (941,408 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.31

Copyright:
(c) Download Assistant

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}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\xhpe6gln\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Assistant

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
8/12/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/12/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Assistant, O=Download Assistant, 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:
6BC405E8AC962C676F54816BCC4D4311

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/10/2014 5:47:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:CUac7EJEhlpyouGViLlvO6joJFRJHJ2rHbHx:C27E4LDVQvO6joRJpOH9

Entry address:
0x4FBBF

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 09, 01, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, 85, D2, 74, 69, 33, C0, 8A, 44, 24, 08, 84, C0, 75, 16, 81, FA, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 0E, 83, 3D, E0, 48, 4A, 00, 00, 74, 05, E9, C1, 09, 01, 00, 57, 8B, F9, 83, FA, 04, 72, 31, F7, D9, 83, E1, 03, 74, 0C, 2B, D1, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, E9, 01, 75, F6, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 08, 03, C1, 8B, C8, C1, E0, 10, 03, C1, 8B, CA, 83, E2, 03, C1, E9, 02, 74, 06, F3, AB, 85, D2, 74, 0A, 88, 07, 83, C7, 01, 83, EA, 01, 75, F6...
 
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Entropy:
7.2021

Code size:
469.5 KB (480,768 bytes)

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