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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:

cda3fb9b9d7dbcc4bfc096c7cd0c2fd5

SHA-1:

b5a47a48e6c03d6a7032f883b383e81a57ed1e60

SHA-256:

312dbe5e9bbc6c988afccb643dd8b63a8d952903fe72881c8f617e6f8b0daa9e

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

12/26/2024 1:08:19 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

16.8.10.13

File size:

1.1 MB (1,182,872 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:

12/1/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

12/1/2016 5:59:59 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:

08E92E5C80AD2907C83D98EDED9100D6

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

11/18/2010 10:27:33 AM

OS version:

4.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:qWvknOMEdFvF/E3mhDWVNswrNFeNMjH8SrupjZzuEJakg:qUeOMcj/5hDJwxFeNUHmmEJakg

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:

6.9674

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:

126.5 KB (129,536 bytes)

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

http://safedownloadnow.work/d/click/.../?sid=2714366823&uid=cf385e64-3401-4fd1-a290-574f6af79e9c&filename=Media Player Update

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