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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 malwarebytes.exe by Install Helper 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloads.downlload.net.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
MalwareBytes

Version:
3.0.0.105

MD5:
f5960a434ef63160660be200297af5bd

SHA-1:
2ea36d543bbb3df2b5f36353d7ed11ff7e28671c

SHA-256:
b137462bae7669f890653cf008b00e1112d97631bd77ccbb2a382b0b62c0182c

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:47:00 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallHelper (M)
16.1.3.22

File size:
960.6 KB (983,672 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.105

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
malwarebytes.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\malwarebytes.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/19/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/19/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
0575634D1B3373331074EB7C4751AB12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/15/2015 5:03:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:SGvfK5xjLDzDDLXa8gIw6mV2Yb1ejU1gShw+1:fvfSjLDC8gNH1Ndw+1

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:
7.0523

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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

http://downloads.downlload.net/v2/click/80af325a/?d=http://downlload.net/.../malwarebytes.exe&n=MalwareBytes&key=51c336c3e70b1b4a3aada7c877413cbe2db0a6db9222ca97e15aee67b3c0b08e&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downlload.net/.../malwarebytes.png&sid=malwarebytes&filename=malwarebytes

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