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setup.exe

Software Updater

Install Helper

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 Helper 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 software.soft-dld.com.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Software Updater

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
15f8b8e9035e29c5fd9665035fca0650

SHA-1:
59abd4fda73322020878ea1c691930e0845ef46e

SHA-256:
7a5daa39d49ded9afbaead918761e653e583e7fcddbbc440f28ca2e9bcab3c12

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
1/13/2025 6:59:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallH.Installer (M)
16.6.29.1

File size:
963.2 KB (986,344 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.88

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/16/2015 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/16/2016 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

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

Serial number:
4342FEA5ECB2BCE93BB51F492FB1826B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/30/2013 6:21:56 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:OxGt6zchRqX1JUIA4rGZt0QCXZ1R9kYfs/5y63ba:zpqXQIA2GjW/X9s/c63ba

Entry address:
0x113BC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86...
 
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Entropy:
6.9411

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
65.5 KB (67,038 bytes)

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

http://software.soft-dld.com/d/click/.../?uid=c2xpZD0wJmJyc3I9Mzg0MSZjaXBpZD0xNTA5MDAwJmN1ND03JmNpcmlkPUVGRDE3OTgwQTk5NTg0MjYxOTEwMTYxNTkmY2ljbXA9NjY5NDQ4Jm9zaWQ9NTMzJmNpc2lkPUVGRDE3OTgwQTk5NTg0MjU2OTMzMjUyMjQmYm89MSZjaXVpZD0tODIxNzYyMzE0ODkzOTc0NzYxNCZzdWJpZD04MTAzJm1tdD0tMSZjbnRyeT0yMjcmc289MSZjcmlkPTM1Mzc4MzgmZXhjaWQ9MjImcHViaWQ9OTAzMA== &sid=- &filename=Setup

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