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ftc_publishing_-_award_ceremony_music_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 ftc_publishing_-_award_ceremony_music_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:
ab07ca198381d6d0a7591269fbaab118

SHA-1:
9228cf0391ca2658493f5706594910775b8e8b54

SHA-256:
cd64a6d7ef3f36701fd7ec1726c38264b83a85059972914af72be3a3200cf4ff

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:
11/25/2024 12:30:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising (M)
16.7.25.2

File size:
2.4 MB (2,543,744 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\ftc_publishing_-_award_ceremony_music_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

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:
8/14/2014 2:34:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ueenXuLsW8cceO2BpQNVthm1cy8966M3pqLZtPD/NHOmOgSPDcMqRnfcwA1fg3:ueTLF8cceaNBm1n8AxpqNtPD1HO9X7cl

Entry address:
0x2F5200

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:
7.7282

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

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

The file ftc_publishing_-_award_ceremony_music_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl009.yourfiledownloader.biz/j5GDY0GbmU5k2KRMYtG/JCWR/gZFgYsPPYeYHV Frh1H56gCcZmqfVKn0G4e6MlWGu/MXwLGih5Uk5AGXtU4Sg/bN1ExhWsSIsk0RnvPI6U nWfzPGVr1D9gILx8f0z6OjESp1c2XeIWcRDyH2tYwEhoR8YURlDIKVBE3x8VdZUdQCzU6Q14nfNVcPzCHj2ks1k74eQhNaLyGymm9y1c4qp8XeKQaVvjlnIZtsc9TNKabE3SgFlL04ZCHo7OVazCmBz3mKYF6o ZHenC F7lPqZa4Xe vfEtveHkMr 5lne6ucEvh/bLLtSlm37ZrYYQ3/.../AkI4b

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