edison_chen_scandal_photos_complete_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 edison_chen_scandal_photos_complete_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 dll512.sprintload.biz.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 261, 1

MD5:
f51daee3f4d508c41911f9becc2cb990

SHA-1:
8aabf4a4c8f4e39e0788c28b5a0f4737d00fe2c6

SHA-256:
1e500d91ba082325a877c176be4c5947d363fe5643d7c1978798b4559a54191f

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:
12/30/2024 9:04:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.4.17.14

File size:
2.6 MB (2,739,448 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\edison_chen_scandal_photos_complete_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 7:59:59 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 7:31:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:38M+oyL0RUFEuaWt5xcjo1ANLkj1UZjrlkBKRXGv60NXJc+:3+oyL6UeY5+js2AjwrlkBGXOu+

Entry address:
0xF7458

Entry point:
0F, 88, 32, 20, 00, 00, 68, 9E, 6D, 19, FF, E9, 3F, 15, 00, 00, 00, 00, 47, 65, 74, 57, 69, 6E, 64, 6F, 77, 54, 68, 72, 65, 61, 64, 50, 72, 6F, 63, 65, 73, 73, 49, 64, 00, 00, 00, 4C, 6F, 63, 6B, 52, 65, 73, 6F, 75, 72, 63, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 65, 74, 54, 68, 72, 65, 61, 64, 50, 72, 69, 6F, 72, 69, 74, 79, 00, E9, 96, A0, 22, 00, 11, D2, 66, 81, F9, 62, 1A, 39, E4, 83, E9, 01, F9, 84, F4, E8, D6, C9, 23, 00, 80, C2, 96, 84, CC, BA, 72, 5F, 68, B3, 5A, 66, D3, E1, F6, DF, F7, DE, 66, C1, E6, 0A, 5F, F8, 66...
 
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Entropy:
7.8324  (probably packed)

Code size:
766.5 KB (784,896 bytes)

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