download_sound_effects_sounddogs_series_6000_the_general_-_sound_effects_-_siren,_police,_ambulance,

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 file download_sound_effects_sounddogs_series_6000_the_general_-_sound_effects_-_siren,_police,_ambulance, 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.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 261, 1

MD5:
43930cf18789d97503dac65ddb109134

SHA-1:
89434ac5bd70388422455be82a1c6e8aec14bbe5

SHA-256:
8159fe380c9693fa84cbb5530d49ea73c6c8e4e5d5b44168ea0d07c7e8bc93c5

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:
12/30/2024 8:44:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.4.28.7

File size:
3.4 MB (3,569,408 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

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

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\download_sound_effects_sounddogs_series_6000_the_general_-_sound_effects_-_siren,_police,_ambulance,_fire_truck_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 5:29:59 AM

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:
9/15/2014 5:01:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:Jz/wwK74LbIxmtRwsNATgpqvQ8uI+jlJ51bU:iB7CkmtWEATgpqREbU

Entry address:
0x6356B9

Entry point:
60, C7, 44, 24, 1C, FD, 3D, 18, C4, E9, 1A, EE, D5, FF, FF, 61, EC, 80, 19, AF, 32, 3E, A0, 27, 3C, 78, 23, C2, 55, F1, 6C, D6, 4B, 74, FB, B7, D2, 5A, D1, E2, 69, FB, 7C, E2, 61, F5, 78, E4, 71, 07, 92, B3, 38, A9, 34, 38, 05, 96, 98, AF, 37, 0B, 78, C6, 31, B0, 2C, BF, B1, C4, F7, EA, 57, 10, 5E, F6, 65, 69, 84, 19, E6, 9B, 0E, 83, 13, 88, F9, 90, 26, 7B, D4, 98, 71, EC, 76, C3, DA, 01, A0, 78, 0C, C9, 6E, B9, FD, 12, 46, CD, C1, CC, 4D, DD, 5A, 54, EB, 41, BE, F3, FD, CC, 8B, 7C, 17, 22, 32, 4C, DC, 41...
 
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Entropy:
7.8902  (probably packed)

Code size:
766.5 KB (784,896 bytes)

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