ares.exe

DownInstall

Vitbian telecom sl

The application ares.exe by Vitbian telecom sl has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. The file has been seen being downloaded from esdescarga.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Vitbian telecom sl  (signed and verified)

Product:
DownInstall

Version:
1.0.0.0

MD5:
dd56261aae167145b88e4ec07c624876

SHA-1:
f67f90b2359990e79ac027b80badbb6018eef5e4

SHA-256:
26c4e57848cb4f2e786f8010692ac35a0de39d9ca85c880e3c50b3d17785a54e

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.

Analysis date:
12/23/2024 11:23:18 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vitbiantelecomsl.E
14.4.28.10

File size:
1.1 MB (1,122,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright © 2013

Original file name:
DownInstall.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
2/1/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/2/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Vitbian telecom sl, O=Vitbian telecom sl, STREET=calle durango 45, L=madrid, S=madrid, PostalCode=28023, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2B1E042090F8B8A605FB4A8E606FAF59

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/2/2013 5:23:16 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

.NET CLR dependent:
Yes

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VokRAQlnlh6+f+qKnRPgq9MxzzpykwQlIC/yYVK8xu2YQoK8feNMz:iCllQqcRIq9MRttlDn3YQoK8Gi

Entry address:
0x1117AE

Entry point:
FF, 25, 00, 20, 40, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 04, 00, 03, 00, 00, 00, 30, 00, 00, 80, 0E, 00, 00, 00, 50, 00, 00, 80, 10, 00, 00, 00, 68, 00, 00, 80, 18, 00, 00, 00, 80, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C# / Basic .NET

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,112,064 bytes)

The file ares.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 29 URLs.

http://esdescarga.com/down.php?name=Revo-Uninstaller

http://esdescarga.com/down.php?name=CDex

http://programas.cc/down.php?name=Skype

http://www.programas.cc/down.php?name=PDFCreator

http://descargadirect.com/down.php

http://www.programas.cc/down.php

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