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pirates_downloader.exe

SimpleFiles Installer

Technology Island, Inc.

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 pirates_downloader.exe by Technology Island 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 dd.simple-files.com.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
950c4138e34d136ce5e6a71461d0a835

SHA-1:
c046cf115b00f17766e26512b9673e1d0867186f

SHA-256:
9aefcf5f60db0db26768319f7c8c14a0a55bd182707ab479d7270502b51bf2fe

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:
11/27/2024 2:33:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.Technolo.Bundler (M)
16.6.4.23

File size:
3 MB (3,093,648 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://simple-files.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
SimpleFilesInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pirates_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Technology Island, Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/3/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/4/2014 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Technology Island, Inc.", O="Technology Island, Inc.", STREET="1740 H Dell Range Blvd #281", L=Cheyenne, S=Wyoming, PostalCode=82009, C=US

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

Serial number:
00C4B79CE2BFD68D5C070C51E7F2C237C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/5/2014 2:06:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:gizlz8qHpmyy0QGXe5gOEzuis3k+wHevM4Ow+D/aX9z8bx2X:gizmqHpm3Rh0uistwHeUVnDaa12X

Entry address:
0x52672

Entry point:
E8, 28, 0A, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D0, 62, 4A, 00, E8, 38, 99, 00, 00, E8, 91, 46, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, BB, 09, 01, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, F0, C5, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7278  (probably packed)

Code size:
551.5 KB (564,736 bytes)

Windows Firewall Allowed Program
Name:
simplefiles


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

http://dd.simple-files.com/j5GVXnDRvV51krlMN4nlczyN4XMn8eltZbG/OHehhW4v/NVlE DPKFO2hDsX6cFTHO3FQUKBix9YgY8wU4w8QBibaB4mzTBLf9J5BjqdLOw6lHD1dHRr6jBidOwFfFjjOzEdsQF8QPgNKR65H3kM4CY6WcBPRVeNAEVRxh53NdoTSXiGtgB7irQNdY66HiWq41lo9qZwa/qkfWX qm4RofEoELTWDwC/.../6pR10A==

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