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media player update.exe

7-Zip

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 media player update.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from safedownloadnow.work.

File name:

Publisher:

Igor Pavlov (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:

7-Zip

Description:

7z SFX

Version:

9.20

MD5:

cfa38df6b61222807e7537e56a99d4ee

SHA-1:

2057650b560d437a38071eb6e588b0f34eb37409

SHA-256:

a7bf56a2d41f6a71d8a440f2965cb3405c6ddf4dbae46edacdd850529455b1d7

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:

12/26/2024 1:12:00 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

16.8.5.20

File size:

1.1 MB (1,151,912 bytes)

Product version:

9.20

Original file name:

7z.sfx.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}\media player update.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

4/25/2015 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/25/2016 7:59:59 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:

1033FCE1C8483954269AE6C47D9AA2A6

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/18/2010 11:27:33 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:yWvknOMEfvVzO5AGC1mxTiAwtpIm7w8MF4T8kv4s1bXNmFcEh0:yUeOMmw5HJi3pImnI4fJmFcEh0

Entry address:

0x1D262

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11... 
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Entropy:

6.9650

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:

126.6 KB (129,684 bytes)

The file media player update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://safedownloadnow.work/d/click/.../?sid=978878410&uid=6k10lBNp9F&filename=Media Player Update

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