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florida_whistle_downloader.exe

YourFile Downloader

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 florida_whistle_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 dn.yourfiledownloader.com.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 294

MD5:
98dbd4154f5e17e62ec867ed33ddf761

SHA-1:
05d24d89cb1a3b0554d6164f3d4e999a943d977c

SHA-256:
3f08c3d3ad17e189a5d28da8d9cc0a51f642f725ceb92f9353a107bb596184c1

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:
12/24/2024 3:38:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.7.4.4

File size:
7.2 MB (7,511,528 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.com (C) 2012

Original file name:
YourFile.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 1:59:59 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:
1/24/2014 12:45:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:AdysDhk6mlnBdOt9EWJ4jfbYwMNLwUBfJk2n8l+56Yp4C3UpDLL+ml:Vs1pZ9pJ4jTYpyUZmvgAYpdYl

Entry address:
0x2AF8D

Entry point:
E8, 11, BA, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 44, 83, 45, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, EF, 5C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 10, B1, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9477  (probably packed)

Code size:
260 KB (266,240 bytes)

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

http://dn.yourfiledownloader.com/j5GjW23CoF9nn7pXY8ulL2uaoTQv8epyJvzlfyj413VtuYcgT7mNZh/t1GgY/oIWTLWRWgvZwFwEwo0OSJxvFkyzbBN/.../soaUf1N2964xtgTKZeMk7zA3tanlw6RdUdREzIAntUy0caZ8cOQHjW

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