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Internet Explorer Setup.exe

Internet Explorer

Install Assistant

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 Internet Explorer Setup.exe by Install Assistant 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Internet Explorer but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Install Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Internet Explorer

Version:
3.0.0.95

MD5:
81b75a13ad43c26d91935470ffe4145b

SHA-1:
f937ed25fa8839da6c4726069d98b9033bf152d4

SHA-256:
eb70b915336f19d96e3403484eb50c21f3d7ff2a57f87d45779c4cb13d512a15

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:
11/22/2024 11:34:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.2.22.16

File size:
998.7 KB (1,022,632 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.95

Copyright:
(c) Install Assistant

Original file name:
Internet Explorer Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\internet explorer setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/10/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22447A22A7271728A9B013CFD533476D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/28/2015 8:42:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0191

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

The file Internet Explorer Setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.darwendlmrepository.com/c?x=v4cw7zHklPAM9DLOfHnppckmi/sGsLlfsStvBpfJPWc=&c=dAtUYWE0R7Gois2uaF6y6ei1edf1vumtSupSkXlgVoi2IoxDINqqoXX19p5WgkqrtFzQzbsPzzwUqrrnGKutrQ==&downloadAs=Internet Explorer Setup.exe&fallback_url=http://www.downtoad.com/landing/bing2/.../download.php

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