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minecraft-setup.exe

Download Admin

This is the Tightrope WebInstall which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application minecraft-setup.exe by Download Admin 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 Tightrope WebInstall installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Download Admin  (signed and verified)

MD5:
7d0856e6ff926162b524dd76fbe6f3f7

SHA-1:
2ec4099557b8facd40cc9f5d64dee039d797a88f

SHA-256:
f8e210e7da80464eb53bbfdc2f3fe398b4cc12298abb42f7cf4cafd2e54adac5

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.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/28/2024 9:42:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.DownloadAdmin.P
14.8.7.20

File size:
75.8 MB (79,447,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Tightrope WebInstall (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\minecraft-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Download Admin

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
3/19/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/29/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Download Admin, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Download Admin, L=SAN FRANCISCO, 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:
2EEB247A8F9D63D74CE7EF9551E3D401

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/22/2012 11:07:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:2xpJKM3suXebYFltLLDZ+eUcZGCNZi3VqmoS4pPqC5mPOEjJrM:CpU2sMKY7JZ+QZ6dlPOgJQ

Entry address:
0x333B

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, B0, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 88, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, B8, 3C, 42, 00, E8, 2C, 25, 00, 00, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, C0, 3B, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 43, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, 38, 74, 40, 00, 68, C0, 33, 42, 00, E8, 1D, 24, 00, 00, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57, E8, 0B, 24, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
0.1427

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file minecraft-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=Google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&aid=minecraft&bc=842899&country=US&cb=-289295734

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=Google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&aid=minecraft&bc=842899&country=US&cb=-655114214

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=Google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&aid=minecraft&bc=842899&country=US&cb=955347555

http://files4.softreviews.co/download/.../dl?s=Google&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&variation=saveas-all&brand=SoftReviews.co&pid=TR&aid=minecraft&bc=842899&country=US&cb=-948527510

http://files5.softreviews.co/dl?bc=842899&c=SoftRev_Minecraft_CCUS_Tree&geo

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