kavya_madhavan_first_night_photos_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

Via Advertising Group Limited

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application kavya_madhavan_first_night_photos_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dll513.webfilebase.biz.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 261, 1

MD5:
f0967e695a663788e1f560102e910cd7

SHA-1:
83568825f6a9751703179a9a8fef7b5ea7d57eae

SHA-256:
bf47e2403a99349d07c819fa54fcfb45599938d878b7fc19690a7a70a4520ff3

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
12/30/2024 8:21:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdvertisingGroup.Bundler (M)
16.2.16.7

File size:
3.5 MB (3,720,768 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.net (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/15/2014 5:01:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:HefQ2pI93E8FgJzh395lVdt45iDwlqJDHkk:HeIGIBm19vV3D9Jwk

Entry address:
0x6D739D

Entry point:
E8, AF, B4, FF, FF, C1, E7, 08, 0F, BA, E5, 0D, 9C, F8, 01, C7, E9, FC, A4, FF, FF, 6D, F1, 1F, F8, 51, 2C, 5E, D2, D5, 51, 50, 3D, 66, 7E, 78, 9A, CC, B6, 54, CD, 9E, C1, 32, 4D, 53, 61, CF, 48, A2, 98, 81, 3C, 92, A8, B2, C0, 0E, 7C, 16, 87, 91, 69, 7B, 2D, EF, 02, C4, 98, 8A, 84, BC, F6, 84, E3, EF, 95, EB, FC, A2, E8, 5C, 4A, 9B, ED, 01, 18, 24, 03, EA, 2D, 70, 00, A5, B0, E8, DE, 5A, 89, 47, EC, E1, 7C, 88, 32, 40, 8E, 4F, 1A, 0C, 62, 49, 43, C3, 14, EC, 41, 31, 65, 17, 6D, C7, 02, D3, 44, 51, 4D, 53...
 
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Entropy:
7.8972  (probably packed)

Code size:
766.5 KB (784,896 bytes)

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