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The minecraft.exe (Minecraft Launcher) File Analysis

Updated 3 months ago
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minecraft.exe

Technical Analysis

File Name minecraft.exe
File Type
PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
Scanner Version 1.0.209.174
Database Version 2025-03-02 04:00:30 UTC
✓

Clean File

No threats detected by our scanner

0%
Detection Rate
3,229,720
File Size (bytes)
2025-03-02
Analysis Date

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File Identification

Hash Type Value Action
MD5
4943261e791457c705796cac276b565d
SHA1
8f858237ad9be8bb41abc7b221a33af28429fe96
SHA256
b64eb50b614f6850e0d6ffb4e3667fedce6f56267724e4617ce1198f066d3d59
SHA512
be2fd9d035703caac4e8ea72a703b007fc08d21762a5d82b362cbb0a0eecbffd60161089cb682684a15fbfb45b0279462f3cf3668ce7625a9eaa75e3e43ba949
ImpHash
b7dbd887ed907a7a5308b13e60d2cde3

PE Analysis

Basic Information

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Hash: 71388a18aaf31d1950cd02f552c2d079
Fuzzy: 3369ddca52a09df05a6b74de5868526b
dHash: cc33330f8e969669
Image Base 0x00400000
Entry Point 0x004fe053
Compilation Time 2025-02-10 22:57:41
Checksum 0x0032316f (Actual: 0x0032316f)
OS Version 6.0
PEiD Signatures PE32 executable (GUI) Intel 80386, for MS Windows
PDB Path D:\a\_work\1\s\build\Release\Minecraft.pdb
Digital Signature OK
Imports 9 libraries
WINHTTP, COMCTL32, WS2_32, CRYPT32, ole32, KERNEL32, USER32, SHELL32, ADVAPI32
Exports 0 functions
Resources 11 Resources
Sections 5 Sections

Version Information

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CompanyName Mojang
FileDescription Minecraft Launcher
FileVersion 1.0.1.0
InternalName MinecraftLauncher
LegalCopyright Copyright (C) 2016 Mojang
OriginalFilename MinecraftLauncher.exe
ProductName Minecraft
ProductVersion 1.0.1.0
Translation 0x0409 0x04b0

PE Sections

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Name Virtual Address Virtual Size Raw Size Entropy Characteristics MD5
.text 0x00001000 1,310,872 bytes 1,311,232 bytes 6.54 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_CODE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_EXECUTE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ AE1BD64E55FC9669C8495B052EA94D21
.rdata 0x00142000 574,820 bytes 574,976 bytes 5.62 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 9DEA2F45A48704897B9FD5263C0A9564
.data 0x001cf000 97,452 bytes 72,192 bytes 5.14 (Normal) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_WRITE 79AD2679168070318D61625234C4F451
.rsrc 0x001e7000 1,185,472 bytes 1,185,792 bytes 6.68 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ 9A38DBB16E7CE72A304ACDE40452FF4F
.reloc 0x00309000 74,064 bytes 74,240 bytes 6.64 (Compressed) IMAGE_SCN_CNT_INITIALIZED_DATA|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_DISCARDABLE|IMAGE_SCN_MEM_READ BB04DBFA93A0EB2D244CD011B0B846DB
Entropy Analysis Alert

3 section(s) with elevated entropy (≥6.5) - possible compression

Resource Analysis

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Total Resources: 11 (1,184,751 bytes)
Resource Type Count Total Size Percentage
BIN 1 1,147,904 bytes
96.9%
RT_ICON 6 33,767 bytes
2.9%
RT_DIALOG 1 328 bytes
0%
RT_GROUP_ICON 1 90 bytes
0%
RT_VERSION 1 740 bytes
0.1%
RT_MANIFEST 1 1,922 bytes
0.2%

Certificate Chain Analysis

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Certificate Information
Product Minecraft
Description Minecraft Launcher
File Version 1.0.1.0
Original Name MinecraftLauncher.exe
Signing Date 10:58 PM 02/10/2025 (114 days ago)
Verification Status Signed
Signers Microsoft Corporation; Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2011; Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2011
Counter Signers Microsoft Time-Stamp Service; Microsoft Time-Stamp PCA 2010; Microsoft Root Certificate Authority 2010
Internal Name MinecraftLauncher
Copyright Copyright (C) 2016 Mojang
Certificate Chain Summary
Microsoft Corporation #1 Primary
Validity Period: 2024-09-12 20:11:14 → 2025-09-11 20:11:14
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 33 00 00 04 04 6C 74 06 FF 57 2B 27 72 00 00 00 00 04 04
Microsoft Code Signing PCA 2011 #2 Chain
Validity Period: 2011-07-08 20:59:09 → 2026-07-08 21:09:09
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 61 0E 90 D2 00 00 00 00 00 03
Microsoft Time-Stamp Service #3 Chain
Validity Period: 2023-12-06 18:45:15 → 2025-03-05 18:45:15
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 33 00 00 01 E6 D9 42 9E EA 00 F8 7D E1 00 01 00 00 01 E6
Microsoft Time-Stamp PCA 2010 #4 Chain
Validity Period: 2021-09-30 18:22:25 → 2030-09-30 18:32:25
Signature Algorithm: sha256RSA
Serial Number: 33 00 00 00 15 C5 E7 6B 9E 02 9B 49 99 00 00 00 00 00 15

✓ This file has been digitally signed and the certificate chain has been verified

  • The signature ensures file integrity and authenticity from the publisher
  • Timestamping proves when the signature was applied
Certificate Verification Status

OK

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