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Firefox Setup.exe

Firefox

Install Assistant

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Firefox Setup.exe by Install Assistant 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 Vittalia DM installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Firefox Setup.exe

Publisher:

Install Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Firefox

Version:

3.0.0.99

MD5:

7de4f9491559f585ec21b047240d052d

SHA-1:

54a7c28480c04d422ac18a08c673eb0a678c5a19

SHA-256:

a1ee91199ddbc36574cdc4d02aded1a11c40bba404c6cc2392cba96ce96a6adf

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:

12/23/2024 11:50:41 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

17.3.3.19

File size:

960.2 KB (983,200 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.99

Original file name:

Firefox Setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Vittalia DM

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\firefox setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

3/10/2015 11:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/10/2016 10:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:

CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:

22447A22A7271728A9B013CFD533476D

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/13/2015 9:38:58 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

Entry address:

0x126A

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3... 
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Entropy:

7.0542

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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