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minecraft.exe

Freemium GmbH

The application minecraft.exe by Freemium GmbH 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 Covus 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.
Publisher:
Freemium GmbH  (signed and verified)

MD5:
07ccb0f7230431281c67af57c9112557

SHA-1:
7cd6d6c1685fe060c8ea9df9f4d47e18d6468d4d

SHA-256:
11817493e5e86cfa2cb8f33a7998d576621a5ad90b8c45d63b5b5a968d250345

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 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:
5/4/2024 2:42:23 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Covus (M)
17.3.15.6

File size:
572.8 KB (586,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Covus

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Freemium GmbH

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2016 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/13/2017 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Freemium GmbH, O=Freemium GmbH, STREET=Schwedter Straße 9a, L=Berlin, S=Berlin, PostalCode=10119, C=DE

Issuer:
CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00DC9861432499069FCA228F29B47F6118

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/23/2016 6:01:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x140EC

Entry point:
E8, 74, 7A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 60, D5, 45, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, C4, D1, 45, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 98, 02, 48, 00, 89, 0D, 94, 02, 48, 00, 89, 15, 90, 02, 48, 00, 89, 1D, 8C, 02, 48, 00, 89, 35, 88, 02, 48, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
365 KB (373,760 bytes)

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