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peta_offline_free_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 peta_offline_free_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 dll512.archiveload.biz.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 261, 1

MD5:
7640177b14c28ed86757c6ab7160002e

SHA-1:
0cb4e1f2a430fc5439b3806657f8995f657bbbca

SHA-256:
e20ff53f0b00991a5818b13ac4d91cdc2eab5f6e2e68e5c5f11a594768eed505

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 '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:
12/30/2024 8:43:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdvertisingGroup.Bundler (M)
16.1.12.19

File size:
2.6 MB (2,713,800 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.net (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\peta_offline_free_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 6:59:59 AM

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:
9/15/2014 6:31:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:D8M+oyL0RUFEuaWt5xcjo1ANLkj1UZjrlkBKRXGv60NXJc5:T+oyL6UeY5+js2AjwrlkBGXOu5

Entry address:
0xF7458

Entry point:
0F, 88, 32, 20, 00, 00, 68, 9E, 6D, 19, FF, E9, 3F, 15, 00, 00, 00, 00, 47, 65, 74, 57, 69, 6E, 64, 6F, 77, 54, 68, 72, 65, 61, 64, 50, 72, 6F, 63, 65, 73, 73, 49, 64, 00, 00, 00, 4C, 6F, 63, 6B, 52, 65, 73, 6F, 75, 72, 63, 65, 00, 00, 00, 53, 65, 74, 54, 68, 72, 65, 61, 64, 50, 72, 69, 6F, 72, 69, 74, 79, 00, E9, 96, A0, 22, 00, 11, D2, 66, 81, F9, 62, 1A, 39, E4, 83, E9, 01, F9, 84, F4, E8, D6, C9, 23, 00, 80, C2, 96, 84, CC, BA, 72, 5F, 68, B3, 5A, 66, D3, E1, F6, DF, F7, DE, 66, C1, E6, 0A, 5F, F8, 66...
 
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Entropy:
7.8297  (probably packed)

Code size:
766.5 KB (784,896 bytes)

The file peta_offline_free_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dll512.archiveload.biz/j5G1UnbR4lRg0qFWZN36JXzZsGFms R6IvXsfC/712Mo6pYiQLmNZhXs23lauYMXQLmHOFuExFgQkI8OXI5oEGGYfAcnzTFdJZhkHCHFIKU6mGbYOm9q/.../WyWc51ho9bQyOKXyeWz2onFV9epxDfHJNRDmnmQM7ps9SICca0SFilhLitBSHtyIWrTFjlzjz6QUuMg=

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