installer_ares_spanish.exe

Vittalia Internet 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_spanish.exe by Vittalia Internet S.L has been detected as adware by 17 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.instseo.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address services.upd4ter.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Vittalia Internet S.L  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b5a6aaae9a0995761f5b32ab02c2467b

SHA-1:
26f9a042634d733ddbb89533937d16f7581ea396

SHA-256:
77425e82794141fd5aec00855bc3e1a64ae716d90886f5a17630fc75875b98d1

Scanner detections:
17 / 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:
11/5/2024 7:00:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.171.238

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3346

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14919

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
19556

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28459
9.0.1.0262

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.QH (variant)
8.10413

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
9/19/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.AC.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13358

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Vittalia
v2014.09.19.05

McAfee
Artemis!B5A6AAAE9A09
5600.7002

Qihoo 360 Security
Trojan.Generic
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VittaliaInternetSL.W
14.9.19.17

Sophos
Generic PUA CG
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V0919
7.2.262

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782551
32938

File size:
763.6 KB (781,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/9/2014 7:18:24 AM

Valid to:
8/9/2015 7:18:24 AM

Subject:
CN=Vittalia Internet S.L, O=Vittalia Internet S.L, L=Mostoles, S=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121296DFC83F15C4B1C19CE7B920AA7D12F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:P7FaDPMfQHv8BMgAXbvhieNjNuS2twXeNjEEb9Oet4j3rEg5KOaBkAF31EmJnuCB:P7FyEfQHUBlALhiUjo9twmEyMz3rXPgt

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file installer_ares_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 21 URLs.

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/.../seo&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC9zZW8vc3BhbmlzaC9zZW8vY2hyb21lL2FyZXMvZC83ODIxOTgwMjdmYzUwOTRjNDc5ZDNlZjlhNDNiMjJiNS9pY2kvbmEvbmEvaW5zdGFsbGVyX2FyZXNfU3BhbmlzaC5leGU=&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwOTEzMDA5MTQwMDkxNS9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L2ljaS9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&loop=1&p=U0VP&r=5857116&FD=66&LH=49&AL=40&AD=60&FF=8&MC=51&DL=61&HF=58&JG=30&s=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/get.php?aa=lp/.../&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwOTI2MDA5MjcwMDkyOC9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L2ljaS9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC9zZW8vc3BhbmlzaC9zZW8vY2hyb21lL2FyZXMvZC83ODIxOTgwMjdmYzUwOTRjNDc5ZDNlZjlhNDNiMjJiNS9pY2kvbmEvbmEvaW5zdGFsbGVyX2FyZXNfU3BhbmlzaC5leGU=&p=U0VP&loop=1&r=3184515&DG=86&NB=49&GM=92&DC=74&EH=44&DE=48&HF=44&CH=89&DB=50&IJ=61&s=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/.../seo&loop=1&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC9zZW8vc3BhbmlzaC9zZW8vY2hyb21lL2FyZXMvZC83ODIxOTgwMjdmYzUwOTRjNDc5ZDNlZjlhNDNiMjJiNS9pY2kvbmEvbmEvaW5zdGFsbGVyX2FyZXNfU3BhbmlzaC5leGU=&p=U0VP&r=9926899&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwOTE5MDA5MjAwMDkyMS9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L2ljaS9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&EE=26&BE=28&AK=34&NF=20&HA=78&GD=71&JJ=93&HN=61&FI=25&CA=85&s=000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/.../seo&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC9zZW8vc3BhbmlzaC9zZW8vY2hyb21lL2FyZXMvZC83ODIxOTgwMjdmYzUwOTRjNDc5ZDNlZjlhNDNiMjJiNS9pY2kvbmEvbmEvaW5zdGFsbGVyX2FyZXNfU3BhbmlzaC5leGU=&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwOTE0MDA5MTUwMDkxNi9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L2ljaS9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&r=5081222&loop=1&p=U0VP&LE=56&ED=36&DC=92&LJ=89&NA=58&EN=85&AB=62&JG=30&CC=89&EI=38&s=000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

http://download.instseo.com/installers/axtan_installers/.../seo&p=U0VP&u=L2Rvd25sb2FkLmluc3RzZW8uY29tL2luc3RhbGxlcnMvb3V0LzAwOTE0MDA5MTUwMDkxNi9waWlkLTAxMjM0NTY3ODk5ODc0NTYzMjEwMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTEyL2xwL3Nlby9zcGFuaXNoL3Nlby9jaHJvbWUvYXJlcy9kLzc4MjE5ODAyN2ZjNTA5NGM0NzlkM2VmOWE0M2IyMmI1L2ljaS9uYS9uYS9pbnN0YWxsZXJfYXJlc19TcGFuaXNoLmV4ZQ==&loop=1&r=4988636&x=L2hvbWUvZG93bl9jcm9ucy9wdWJsaWNfaHRtbC9pbnN0YWxsZXJzL291dC9scC9zZW8vc3BhbmlzaC9zZW8vY2hyb21lL2FyZXMvZC83ODIxOTgwMjdmYzUwOTRjNDc5ZDNlZjlhNDNiMjJiNS9pY2kvbmEvbmEvaW5zdGFsbGVyX2FyZXNfU3BhbmlzaC5leGU=&DL=95&BI=48&LH=11&FF=12&AE=8&BM=82&DI=90&HB=32&EB=32&HL=7&s=00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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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