no.man.knows.my.history.the.life.of.joseph.smith.pdf_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

Via Advertising Group Limited

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 no.man.knows.my.history.the.life.of.joseph.smith.pdf_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited 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.filedownloadserver.biz.
Publisher:
http://yourfile-downloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 384, 1

MD5:
5fbf3dc06402e9153b2f0a2417cc06e1

SHA-1:
cd6941d43630a79eb9793917cc3aadcda75d01b5

SHA-256:
fc12bbee7133d932715632bc4c45a246894d7c160e20b0ff48635768ea7a8243

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 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:
11/15/2024 2:52:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.3.22.8

File size:
3.7 MB (3,909,432 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\no.man.knows.my.history.the.life.of.joseph.smith.pdf_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/11/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/20/2014 1:47:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:acOBGbuhblyYT6WiJQ8lTtEkpAOrj2hYO:5OAglyYT6WniNpAfht

Entry address:
0x6C9FD8

Entry point:
E8, 76, A8, 00, 00, AE, BC, 2E, 09, 25, DA, CB, 7A, BD, EF, BB, EA, 71, 08, CE, 45, 2E, DD, A7, D5, 51, C5, 18, 8D, D6, 07, E3, 53, 6E, E5, C1, 96, 61, 37, C1, 06, 93, 7B, C4, 45, 72, E2, BA, 10, FE, ED, FD, A1, C5, 3E, E4, 75, D9, 84, 49, C7, BC, DC, E7, FF, 52, C0, C8, 58, E3, B6, 82, 63, 82, 58, BC, AE, AA, ED, 93, 32, 09, AE, 1E, 13, 0D, 26, 03, BB, 92, 19, 68, CF, 9A, F9, CC, CB, 08, A8, 9C, 61, FD, 70, E7, 55, F9, 9F, 4A, 90, 82, 91, E9, 89, 37, 90, B7, 5E, 80, F6, E4, A9, F8, A0, 14, DD, 45, 36, E1...
 
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Entropy:
7.9049  (probably packed)

Code size:
782.5 KB (801,280 bytes)

The file no.man.knows.my.history.the.life.of.joseph.smith.pdf_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.