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bitlordsetup.exe

House of Life

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application bitlordsetup.exe by House of Life 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from d.adirectdownload-about.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
House of Life  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e68fb0f7bddb1f776dd07603052ac205

SHA-1:
be013d7f5fbf2f3325faa6286f1aca09d789b26b

SHA-256:
279ad7743f6cbed6e279fc89dc26d4df170cb0bf808d22e81621320983fb524d

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:
12/27/2024 3:26:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HouseofLife.Installer (M)
15.7.4.5

File size:
431 KB (441,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
House of Life

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/13/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/13/2017 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=House of Life, OU=Property, O=House of Life, STREET=Oelnes, L=Sogndal, S=Outside United States, PostalCode=6856, C=NO

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

Serial number:
7D10B220FDFA59C2BD4E1AF300EBA218

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 3:03:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:EDpoesXrl1VPS2EQYdRuk8jLN2AfLkz8A/3p:hV2QY2j/wAfwgo5

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Entropy:
5.8047

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file bitlordsetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://d.adirectdownload-about.com/Default.ashx?bundleid=08291b07-dfb0-43f1-9794-fb8be3a48778

http://www.bitlord.com/.../BitLord-Installer.exe

http://www.bitlord.com/.../BitLordSetup.exe

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