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dennis_brown_the_best_of_love_and_hate_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

Via Advertising Group Limited

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application dennis_brown_the_best_of_love_and_hate_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl009.yourfiledownloader.biz.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 172, 1

MD5:
a76c59246833e9e8427bd2c3c6ccc03f

SHA-1:
188c3a10be2dbbdc45522f8cae7f6b8e98b503a2

SHA-256:
5afb25fab397e3f5c333676c4384436cb6c9060cb9dd5192df9a4174cfe2cb5a

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/25/2024 12:36:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising (M)
16.7.27.7

File size:
2.5 MB (2,596,680 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.net (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

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

Serial number:
00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/13/2014 2:34:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:8eenXuLsWxA/Bz99XIcpyzgDru+HFj2s0LUh3g0UZ7NRWqBLXjj0G05bRDzyt7HH:8eTLFxA/F99XIcOgDC+HFj27LUC0U9Nz

Entry address:
0x2F5140

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, F5, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.7346

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,412,544 bytes)

The file dennis_brown_the_best_of_love_and_hate_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl009.yourfiledownloader.biz/j5GBUmzeoEgt9r9Qfdb6F2bZ/gV3s61geaL2ZFanlzY1rYszCZiIL0PymSwX6cVTFu3GUwvSy01FkZ8YV4FlTg/cNUVyxS8IM5ZkG3fJIbN8zCChImFr/zhhb9AzbBygeHtI/gYtHqtVMlnmGn0MxA9xUNRUVEvKEEJUzCVcOMMbEXeR4Vwg2O0JfJn/WWyAxho5oK8lN 3gJTGm/.../NQW3PqHHpSWgR3GnYgWmc33UQ==

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