File scan report
Verdict Safe
Is Minecraft
Official Minecraft installer validly signed by Microsoft Corporation, with no antivirus detections among 74 engines and thousands of independent submitters since it first appeared.
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Strong evidence · A verified publisher signature, and no engine flags it.
This installer can be used normally. Obtain future copies only from official Microsoft or Minecraft sources, and keep your security software enabled.
Good practice2 tips
We found nothing harmful in this file.
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Antivirus results
0 of 70 flagged
- Flagged 0
- No detection 70
- No result 4
- Code signing Microsoft Corporation
- Test run Completed
- First seen 1y ago
Chapter 02
Why we think so
1 point against it and 4 in its favour, checked against the scan evidence.
The reasoning behind this verdict
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer. It carries a valid Microsoft Corporation signature and has been submitted by more than 3,600 independent sources over about a year and a half. Its network activity reached Microsoft's PlayFab game service, which fits the Minecraft launcher.
The file carries a valid code signature from Microsoft Corporation, a publisher on our trusted list. No antivirus engine flagged it, including all 18 major antivirus engines. It has been seen by 3,667 distinct submitters over roughly 556 days, which fits the official Minecraft installer. A few community YARA rules matched, including one named after a stealer, but no engine or sandbox result backs them up. They most likely match generic patterns inside this large .NET package. The sandbox mapped some techniques such as process injection, but it recorded no injected process, and the installer contacted Microsoft's PlayFab backend.
What We Detected
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flagged this installer. It is validly signed by Microsoft Corporation and is widely distributed, with 3,667 submitters and more than 36,000 submissions. Three community YARA rules aimed at malware patterns matched, but no detection or evidence from the test run supports them.
Threat Behavior
The sandbox runs recorded no injection into other processes and no persistence entries. The sample wrote a device ID file under its own application folder. Its contacted URLs belong to Microsoft's PlayFab game service API. Several contacted addresses were background traffic from the analysis machine itself. Mapped techniques such as process injection appeared without any matching artefact, which is common for legitimate installers.
What To Do Now
This copy matches the official Microsoft-signed Minecraft installer. Keep downloading Minecraft only from minecraft.net or the Microsoft Store, and keep your antivirus enabled.
Where this verdict could be wrong1 caveat
- Three community YARA rules aimed at malware patterns matched this installer. With no engine detections, a valid Microsoft signature and thousands of submitters, these are most likely loose rule matches on a large .NET bundle.
These are the assessment's weak points. If you believe one applies to your file, report the verdict and we'll re-review it.
- Valid code signature from Microsoft Corporation, a trusted publisher
- No detections from any of the 74 antivirus engines
- Widely distributed: over 3,600 independent submitters across about a year and a half
- Network activity went to Microsoft's PlayFab game service
- Three community pattern rules aimed at malware matched, though nothing else backs them up
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. See every source
Chapter 03
What it did in our test
It ran in our isolated test environment; no test environment rated what it did as risky.
Test run summary
Capture complete- 21sandbox rule tags
- 3spawned processes
- 10network contacts
- 10filesystem & mutex artifacts
What this file did when executed
This file was run in a sandbox and its runtime behaviour was observed.
Techniques observed in the sandbox
21MITRE ATT&CK techniques the sandbox mapped. Highlighted ones are rare in normal software; the others are common in legitimate programs too.
- T1010
- T1012
- T1027· Obfuscated code
- T1027.002· Obfuscated code
- T1036
- T1055· Process injection
- T1059· Runs commands
- T1071· Application protocol
- T1082· System recon
- T1083· Scans your files
- T1095· Custom network
- T1106
- T1112
- T1497· Sandbox evasion
- T1497.001· Sandbox evasion
- T1518.001· Checks your AV
- T1547.001· Auto-start
- T1562.001· Disables security
- T1573
- T1574.002· Execution hijack
- T1620· In-memory loading
Observed activity
Processes started
3Programs the file ran, with their command lines.
program.exe"C:\Users\<USER>\Desktop\program.exe"MinecraftInstaller.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\MinecraftInstaller.exe0fc1ded9a9459789b76104275682e603868181a0e1928ec0681810e7c8e2bf17.exe%SAMPLEPATH%\0fc1ded9a9459789b76104275682e603868181a0e1928ec0681810e7c8e2bf17.exe
Network contacts
1010 hosts, listed as 9 addresses, 1 link. Links show the host and path only.
- IP address
20.42.183.39 - IP address
20.42.182.104 - IP address
20.96.153.111 - IP address
20.42.183.33 - IP address
23.32.75.164 - IP address
23.215.176.19
Show all 10 entries for network contacts
- IP address
20.75.60.91 - IP address
20.42.182.106 - IP address
104.98.118.171 - URL
https://b7b52.playfabapi.com/Client/LoginWithCustomID
Files
6Files the file created, changed or deleted.
- Written
C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Local\MinecraftInstaller\deviceId.txt - Written
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Local\FontCache\Fonts\Download-1.tmp - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\MinecraftInstaller - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\MinecraftInstaller\deviceId.txt - Written
C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming - Deleted
C:\Windows\ServiceProfiles\LocalService\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Crypto\Keys\de7cf8a7901d2ad13e5c67c29e5d1662_cbbb49d6-b7ff-44ca-aba5-8a5e250d4d42
Mutexes
4Named locks a program uses so only one copy runs; malware families often reuse them.
C898CC08-5DBF-4405-A5A1-4910C775BA15\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\C898CC08-5DBF-4405-A5A1-4910C775BA15\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\__DDrawExclMode__\Sessions\1\BaseNamedObjects\Local\__DDrawCheckExclMode__
Sandbox background — not the file
23The analysis machine's own processes and connections, recorded in every run.
- VM process
services.exeC:\Windows\system32\services.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k NetworkService -p - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k UnistackSvcGroup - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\System32\svchost.exe -k LocalSystemNetworkRestricted -p -s StorSvc - VM process
lsass.exeC:\Windows\system32\lsass.exe - VM process
svchost.exeC:\Windows\system32\svchost.exe -k LocalService -s W32Time
Show all 23 entries for sandbox background — not the file
- VM process
UI0Detect.exeC:\Windows\System32\UI0Detect.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3864_96312031\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3964_23113993\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3480_672502504\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3424_685527510\bin\updater.exe - VM process
updater.exeC:\Program Files\Google3608_1172496389\bin\updater.exe - VM host
20.99.133.109 - VM host
184.27.218.92 - VM host
23.55.140.42 - VM host
23.196.145.221 - VM host
20.69.140.28 - VM host
192.168.0.61 - VM host
192.168.0.34 - VM host
192.168.0.29 - VM host
151.101.22.172 - VM host
192.168.0.51 - VM host
a83f:8110:6178:1200:e8ff:ffff:3700:3000
Files this sample writes at runtime
This file drops 10 children at runtime. None are currently flagged malicious in our cache. 10 have no saved verdict and were not checked; that is missing coverage, not a finding.
- 27aaeea467a640cb0c6e…e7c824Not checkedno saved verdict
- 26ab16c42676d51a31b7…949f10Not checkedno saved verdict
- 5134fe13cd6babc5e6eb…6e04d1Not checkedno saved verdict
- 1b25ba760ec5f766abad…a24a37Not checkedno saved verdict
- 63f59089f0964e819e55…2294d1Not checkedno saved verdict
- 107a402e4c346779e781…6651b8Not checkedno saved verdict
- b0014c02ae0f527cb6e6…f1006aNot checkedno saved verdict
- ca27bba98d1323a75fb2…58109cNot checkedno saved verdict
- 248104811b883f53f176…8b8a29Not checkedno saved verdict
- a7d4d7270f2b33811a41…74252aNot checkedno saved verdict
Chapter 04
Technical details
None of the 70 antivirus engines that checked it flag it; signed by Microsoft Corporation.
Sources checked
Every check behind this verdict
6 sources checked · 5 complete · 1 partial. Complete means the check returned a usable result; it does not mean the file is safe.
File fingerprint
- Last analyzed
- May 2, 2026, 3:30 PM UTC
- SHA-256
0fc1ded9a9459789b76104275682e603868181a0e1928ec0681810e7c8e2bf17- SHA-1
5069c9d61d180af0ed8924cb951423fc4ca74511- MD5
afc010d82c412d72c66f51768671a976
About this file
MinecraftInstaller.exe is a Win32 EXE file of 33.9 MB.
- Type and size
- Win32 EXE · 33.9 MB
- Signer
- Microsoft CorporationValid code signature.
- First seen
- Apr 10, 2025On VirusTotal.
- Submitted by
- 3,667 distinct sources
- Packer
- None detected
- Entropy
- 7.50 of 8
First scanned Updated
Antivirus consensus
0 of 70 engines flagged this file
4 of the 74 engines returned no result for this file (file type not supported, or the scan did not finish), so they did not check it.
- Tier-118 engines0flagged
- Tier-235 engines0flagged
- Low-trust17 engines0flagged
View all 74 engine results
- AcronisClean
- AhnLab-V3Clean
- AlibabaClean
- alibabacloudClean
- ALYacClean
- Antiy-AVLClean
- APEXClean
- ArcabitClean
- AvastClean
- Avast-MobileNo result
- AVGClean
- AviraClean
- BitDefenderClean
- BitDefenderFalxNo result
- BkavClean
- CAT-QuickHealClean
- ClamAVClean
- CMCClean
- CrowdStrikeClean
- CTXClean
- CylanceClean
- CynetClean
- DeepInstinctClean
- DrWebClean
- ElasticClean
- EmsisoftClean
- ESET-NOD32Clean
- F-SecureClean
- FortinetClean
- GDataClean
- GoogleClean
- GridinsoftClean
- huorongClean
- IkarusClean
- JiangminClean
- K7AntiVirusClean
- K7GWClean
- KasperskyClean
- KingsoftClean
- LionicClean
- MalwarebytesClean
- MaxSecureClean
- McAfeeDClean
- MicrosoftClean
- MicroWorld-eScanClean
- NANO-AntivirusClean
- PaloaltoClean
- PandaClean
- RisingClean
- SangforClean
- SentinelOneClean
- SkyhighClean
- SophosClean
- SUPERAntiSpywareClean
- SymantecClean
- SymantecMobileInsightNo result
- TACHYONClean
- tehtrisClean
- TrapmineClean
- TrellixENSClean
- TrendMicroClean
- TrendMicro-HouseCallClean
- TrustlookNo result
- VaristClean
- VBA32Clean
- VIPREClean
- VirITClean
- ViRobotClean
- WebrootClean
- XcitiumClean
- YandexClean
- ZillyaClean
- ZoneAlarmClean
- ZonerClean
Signatures and behavior heuristics
Behavioral heuristics matched patterns associated with malware. Corroborating evidence determines how much weight they carry.
Showing the 5 saved rule names of 15 matched.
- adonunix2generic
- BitcoinAddressgeneric
- DebuggerCheck__APIgeneric
- DebuggerCheck__QueryInfogeneric
- Detect_PowerShell_Obfuscation
VirusTotal's sandbox summary maps this run to MITRE T1055 (Process Injection), but no injected process of the sample's own was recorded (the analysis VM's own WMI adapter, crash handlers and Chrome updater are not counted). VirusTotal maps T1055 on about half of all files no engine flags, so the mapping alone is not evidence of injection.
EvidenceT1055 (sandbox MITRE mapping)
Section entropy & packers
No high-entropy executable section or known packer signature was detected. Data and resource sections can still have high entropy without indicating packed code.
How widely this file has been seen
Widely seen in the wild for a long time. High prior this is legitimate; isolated detections on common-old files are usually false positives.
Chapter 05
Questions & answers
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