installer_wechat_5_0_1_french.exe

Vittalia Limited

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_wechat_5_0_1_french.exe by Vittalia Limited 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 french.eazel.com.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5f0e8db8f0e66d7dbaa761aa1619f2da

SHA-1:
33da92a509fada7312bfad2b1fe0690cbfb140b7

SHA-256:
eed34fdc2889d230b50da17f4e748c65e6b7e1133868241576533da8453d66d9

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:
11/5/2024 4:45:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.8.4.18

File size:
4.6 MB (4,836,320 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_wechat_5_0_1_french.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Vittalia Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Vittalia Limited, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6CC8DB30E67B3DF9E2607EE882D390AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/12/2014 4:21:14 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:4ILE1+qJ4qQHOrnu0GOptY88AP2+LGZn2WlQ6us9jKBEf1O:4YE9

Entry address:
0x1E66B

Entry point:
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Code size:
202.5 KB (207,360 bytes)

The file installer_wechat_5_0_1_french.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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