home

setup.exe

7-Zip

Install Assistant

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 setup.exe by Install Assistant 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from aback-structurec37c4d.com.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
383d2e1040f34a1049a6bdf8ff0f479d

SHA-1:
43726e055e7a049cb611cb0101f3b909220ae840

SHA-256:
6009831c4d56a2a4125dc28cd4a8a20f4c5d407c34132cfc2e493086beb8133a

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
11/14/2024 8:57:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallA.Installer (M)
16.3.31.5

File size:
1.1 MB (1,177,256 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
4E090F2BEB8BB7774642F664E353CA58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 8:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:fWvknOMEd0QVsi36MQSss56ZgT1djM4wcA/paiAOzWM47gZ16UUBXbfb:fUeOMceX5StdjM4wcAxmM4m3U1fb

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
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Entropy:
6.9578

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.5 KB (129,536 bytes)

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

http://aback-structurec37c4d.com/track/install?gluid=gyaEYiQh4MIGp2G7RjjTs4RxsKsYgBkVQNHuKI5mVKI0uQjm8cOlE9nj6fYv2d U86G1AyFw9QrISg xuZPRQGs12qrOQxpn2TE7TAcqVOg70Vg1BA0c 7ehGasqTRam3 0GSe5k4gadpqkbHq/mmhKvujo31ocC3YrkRtwx8kDIiL0F6jmRJh1cQnYZdrCo/CvorhubMsX5/RYaJOIZm7G1EsHCM2cFwL7qr8M/72tzv36A/ 7Mz921n F4 F3MAe5s4PW5XK1a9EA8SKnBXta7kKyDYUxnpAAzg2VCokvyr P1yMHPtjwJyOw2wKcmrDDFs4g4u3SpwiL4iINpMWNM0yaq81GrJM575Y8R8FDCdkOg9iLqcHQgFKefVI4GiGgOYptzLINmhLwxGNQbdSQCM3rNyt3pwERFMyzzsK0ItD1hNXFfS2GhI4TsGQexABjU4L EnKtzxVceKXnNpB3iqpN89NjysouKDjI2K1QKWomzmoNjNZYYWUcD5mXZVik8ae2I4ZRTTaumQsUUccSBYaT0AA9v&_sd=1&alc=1&dl=1&dlink=http://installationproxy355.com/o/.../Setup.exe

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