mishkin-economics-of-money_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

Mtech

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 mishkin-economics-of-money_downloader.exe by Mtech 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.yorfiled.com.
Publisher:
http://yourfile-downloader.com  (signed by Mtech)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 665, 1

MD5:
441679330dd142b60bbf04ac15c3da38

SHA-1:
4f690494c3ee721f252a90bbaf2ae40daecc2963

SHA-256:
3e26004ad2055840e76624ba12ea88d8e34602a9bce891ecbe4ae89f969bf67b

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 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:
11/25/2024 1:05:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.Mtech.Bundler (M)
16.6.26.9

File size:
4.4 MB (4,653,392 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfile-downloader.com (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\mishkin-economics-of-money_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Mtech

Valid from:
4/23/2015 11:27:39 AM

Valid to:
4/22/2016 11:27:39 AM

Subject:
CN=Mtech, O=Mtech, S=London, C=UK

Issuer:
CN=Mtech, C=UK, S=London, L=London, E=admin@mtech.com, O=Mtech

Serial number:
100001

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/24/2015 7:32:16 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:3zpnYbPH26Ivs1Kn0Wj4pV2pfnIVz/XzS:36j6H0WLlIVz/u

Entry address:
0x8F1588

Entry point:
9C, E9, E4, 1A, 00, 00, 66, C7, 04, 24, 85, 47, 60, 88, 64, 24, 08, 8D, 64, 24, 24, 0F, 84, AE, CF, BE, FF, 66, 0F, A3, FD, F8, 84, FB, F5, 2C, 30, F9, F8, 60, 3C, 09, 8D, 64, 24, 20, 0F, 81, 1E, 7F, BF, FF, 0F, 87, 17, DF, BE, FF, 60, FF, 34, 24, F9, E8, A5, 5E, BE, FF, 5B, 34, B3, F5, 43, A1, 18, 3F, B4, B3, E5, 8A, 73, A3, F5, A2, 08, 51, AC, 8E, 0A, 79, 84, 7E, 1A, 65, 33, 54, 44, 57, 41, 62, 36, 3D, AA, FB, 85, 12, 9C, C9, 7C, 9D, 77, 9B, 0F, 82, 54, 11, C5, 64, D2, 4A, D5, AF, 77, 86, 8C, 4B, 2D, 50...
 
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Entropy:
7.9276  (probably packed)

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,163,776 bytes)

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