installer_adobe_flash_player_portuguese.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_portuguese.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:
b444a83c01851ccbc4d0b04f2eb56536

SHA-1:
6f3345222a74d4d74f9bc4a93a6ed528e7e935c8

SHA-256:
f1e1d3e7e52431e13a0462e9eccda6ef10578ce76a8ff14061cecb3b57b02c9f

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 4:43:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.MetaInst.Bundler (M)
16.7.10.16

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_portuguese.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 8:58:03 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2015 4:59:09 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 6:25:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ws70+WBmfTpPgae9WJcl7B46uSRQaWjJd6nniSncITSj7UMUb47zDU:w0kP

Entry address:
0x1C0BB

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

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