{request}_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 {request}_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.yourfiledownloader.org.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 172, 1

MD5:
9a13670bf21da427a543c2f5c27b831b

SHA-1:
57feaed25693ceb028dfc2bc2bfa9f5bbb937873

SHA-256:
63fd3f935d1de8e5e726fda42eb0dbc921081b9fe0bfedcdcc9ad3d786afc32e

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:
11/14/2024 9:15:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.7.13.15

File size:
2.4 MB (2,552,328 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\{request}_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 5:29:59 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:
8/14/2014 12:04:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:4eenXuLsW8cceO2BpQNVthm1cy8966M3pqLZtPD/NHOmOgSPDcMqRnfcwA1fg/:4eTLF8cceaNBm1n8AxpqNtPD1HO9X7cV

Entry address:
0x2F5200

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 90, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 80, F5, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.7296

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,412,544 bytes)

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