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setup.exe

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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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
minecraft

Version:
3.0.0.76

MD5:
6b63956ae5649bea35ed4e4a81642732

SHA-1:
b5a06a53713c15e4bfd543caa0a9bb562f6c63c3

SHA-256:
04d9ceb159238c60d9ad0cdad6f0ce79d8ed0c85509d1f68f894c25c0228c2b2

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:
12/4/2024 8:02:03 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.3.16.5

File size:
465.5 KB (476,672 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.76

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
setup_minecraft.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\mb3scbmo\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/28/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/29/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2015 11:34:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xE0C80

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, F6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9214

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

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