installer_adobe_flash_player_french.exe

Meta Installer LLC

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 installer_adobe_flash_player_french.exe by Meta Installer 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 mediaplayer9.freesoftstore.com.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
23846cbad7e730bdfe4fd37f980160d1

SHA-1:
654bf8055374bd7a88054f807085becd89218030

SHA-256:
f002fb41ab04230597886cc0654280353ac142082b63e524c062ecc3662be441

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 4:30:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.MetaInst.Bundler (M)
16.6.13.3

File size:
5.2 MB (5,501,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 1:58:03 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2015 7:59:09 PM

Subject:
CN=Meta Installer LLC, O=Meta Installer LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=10688435, CN=Starfield Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.starfieldtech.com/repository, O="Starfield Technologies, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
27C53C6B6DB164

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/8/2014 11:25:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ws70+WY/Pgae9W6yJ6HF6/J0eYBOiUlKgs+WQxKC47w24C2MUb47zpbxC:w0ke

Entry address:
0x1C0BB

Entry point:
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Code size:
192.5 KB (197,120 bytes)

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