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installer_ares_english.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_ares_english.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 aresmod.com.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8243ba7fc95955e19ae5107792a2daf2

SHA-1:
cac39d6738383c9f56c642ae5a1c049816ba5bad

SHA-256:
6a34b9e5ee0d960851f72d1e9e8872ccd1e52958a69ccee5588babb85a4ee794

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:
12/24/2024 12:17:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.MetaInstaller (M)
16.2.12.11

File size:
5.2 MB (5,501,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Meta Installer LLC

Authority:
Starfield Technologies, Inc.

Valid from:
7/22/2014 5:58:03 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2015 11:59:09 AM

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 3:25:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:gs70+WPPgGe9WudI3ubGIU5mQaWjJd6nniSv++WQ5QS3hEMUb47zUPDkO:g0kx

Entry address:
0x1C0BB

Entry point:
E8, B7, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 10, D5, 43, 00, E8, 6F, 41, 00, 00, E8, 60, 37, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 4A, 9D, 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, 48, 68, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.1302

Code size:
192.5 KB (197,120 bytes)

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

http://aresmod.com/.../AresMod_ML.exe

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