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install_emule.exe

Vittalia Limited

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 install_emule.exe by Vittalia 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 Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.emule.es.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ecbdae041871b399b75f50eeff14e9ec

SHA-1:
6989d469f092a5523c71130f336600cfe1d98ae8

SHA-256:
1c74d62e27d25cb2d6f2f780df4167b9e4ebe8a82ab1da9e47ed74b0dde13256

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:
12/27/2024 7:44:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.Bundler (M)
16.3.19.1

File size:
4.7 MB (4,932,336 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vittalia Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Vittalia Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Vittalia Limited, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6CC8DB30E67B3DF9E2607EE882D390AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2014 4:04:01 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:P2V7we+jCFTdHZr20RHV06Paka3UZ8AFeOl2Wlqj4wSF1Dt:PmKCh

Entry address:
0x1E55B

Entry point:
E8, C3, B0, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 48, 23, 44, 00, E8, DF, 3F, 00, 00, E8, 52, 36, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 56, B0, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 8A, 71, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
202.5 KB (207,360 bytes)

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

http://www.emule.es/down.php

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