home

hd_player_setup.exe

7-Zip

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 hd_player_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.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
216f43a427e2f68d41632162b32bc6e0

SHA-1:
28f635b2be078e0925f4776ef28f42b249c382d9

SHA-256:
02b7c413ae6f5744e6acdbea223fc826a470018cd270e237404d9b1df1bfd9cf

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
12/23/2024 7:18:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.3.16.11

File size:
1.1 MB (1,182,864 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
12/1/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2016 3:59:59 PM

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:
08E92E5C80AD2907C83D98EDED9100D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 8:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.9671

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.5 KB (129,536 bytes)

Remove hd_player_setup.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.