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installer_ares_portuguese.exe

Formula EFT Europa S.L.

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_portuguese.exe by Formula EFT Europa S.L 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 br.filewon.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address services.upd4ter.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Formula EFT Europa S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
76de17bf1a6b5da80dc48b9046c6683b

SHA-1:
d524039ffabc542c18f020a0f848a64a296a7c2a

SHA-256:
5274b7fcbfadac0e9142372eb85d076fad3be8caa7275307c70d5901c41e9ad5

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the install and download manager that include adware programs.

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:
2/25/2025 5:43:45 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.FormulaEFTEuropa.Bundler (M)
16.2.24.22

File size:
3.3 MB (3,487,480 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Formula EFT Europa S.L.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/18/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 10:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Formula EFT Europa S.L., O=Formula EFT Europa S.L., L=Madrid, S=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0DB4DBB604EF737F46C4680160CC360F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/30/2014 10:02:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:JSd+yyp2mPEEMmm/S2uEunx0cC+D9ZBWuFhTx5PDWoWtYLVGF:kVZ

Entry address:
0x306A8

Entry point:
E8, 78, 90, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 10, 53, 45, 00, E8, 82, 29, 00, 00, E8, EB, 1F, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 0B, 90, 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, 2D, 5B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
272 KB (278,528 bytes)

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

http://br.filewon.com/.../download?p=BR-DNM&concordancia=b&red=s&plataforma=c&anuncio=35325190473&kw=_inurl:br.filewon.com&ubicacion=&categoria=&random=3288951618949418898&posicion=1t2&tmuid=3bfde630ea412fbf2b6ef7f934878288

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.uplstatsone.com  (93.189.33.84:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to services.upd4ter.com  (93.189.33.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to media.vitavita.com.es  (109.70.128.135:80)

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