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msd.exe

Meta Installer LLC

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 msd.exe by Meta Installer 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 the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
619756e12f8b6e8ff6599249b173fed4

SHA-1:
77313816c5935fee5b53145311b6997b9fdd054b

SHA-256:
8b38bcc688de0c704b952053b85e8d51f6336a74e364e1467d1a81f1904eaed2

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:
4/22/2025 12:01:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.9.7.22

File size:
394.4 KB (403,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\msd.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Meta Installer LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2014 8:50:51 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2015 8:59:09 PM

Subject:
CN=Meta Installer LLC, O=Meta Installer LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B58F25770D36D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ku4WT66fPfdMtNQjXv69Fb1c2LhrZmfvy:eWUHIi9FbBdrZmfvy

Entry address:
0x5A048

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, B0, 9E, 45, 00, E8, 24, CD, FA, FF, 68, 84, A0, 45, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 33, C9, BA, A0, A0, 45, 00, B8, D0, A0, 45, 00, E8, 40, B8, FF, FF, E8, 03, A7, FA, FF, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, 11, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 70, 75, 6C, 63, 2D, 30, 2C, 65, 61, 66, 60, 67, 65, 2D, 4B, 47, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, 26, 00, 00, 00, 63, 78, 72, 74, 31, 2B, 53, 2C, 29, 77, 2D, 34, 2B, 52, 2C, 6B, 77, 6F, 68, 63, 68, 62, 7A, 63, 76, 72, 2B, 52, 2C, 65, 6B, 66, 2B, 53, 2C, 46, 2E, 46, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
356.5 KB (365,056 bytes)

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