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installer_jdownloader.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_jdownloader.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 jdownloader.com.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4072f09e9cf1dec02c18c528bde1dcfe

SHA-1:
9a59071a00cc48dadb809444a9c86c6a82475b92

SHA-256:
6804ae943888ce064bfe15d4b9cd1a86011646acb69b80730c743f9b76e253a0

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
2/25/2025 1:04:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.MetaInst.Bundler (M)
16.4.13.9

File size:
5.2 MB (5,501,920 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Meta Installer LLC

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):
49152:4s70+WdDMSrKg5PIRdrSsG1ezBWuFhT8Z+WQ5QS3sPMUb47z2iPD3v:40ku

Entry address:
0x1C0BB

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

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

http://jdownloader.com/.../installer_jdownloader.exe

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