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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 get.0124d.info.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
3b6f3192baf8eade295da015c16f3fa0

SHA-1:
bf92f1d1151bae6d4b7c21c0a7dabc40fb3abaf1

SHA-256:
f58b9737edb051c20e83308f066e0bf0f90de2c5f7e0bf63bff9ed52dbaeba06

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 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:
11/23/2024 9:45:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallA.Installer (M)
16.5.13.8

File size:
1.1 MB (1,181,848 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:
12/1/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2016 5:59:59 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:
08E92E5C80AD2907C83D98EDED9100D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 10:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:fWvknOMEd20kwiAa1mbLbCtpFFS0imZ7cBV0vmvK9N2sQgoB/b1/5PnYXIEJakC:fUeOMc26RgHt7F1Z76VEN2sg/bLEIEJY

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:
6.9655

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://get.0124d.info/.../1432530806/1432530806?70620400651YGVuNTE7cD0sMzQfZDcwNS43MiBnPCs0LjEzIm49KyFva29ec2NwbmFnYDw9b3FsbGthZCVIYGdhYWNyIlM9MStgWmNcMzMsMjkzLy8rMzIuNjUxNl5gNF04KjIwNDUmX3NkbnJmO2hwdHAfLmAeMmAjMmJtcF1fbSsuXW1tITJmZG1kJjhvMDUpd2loX25wcydnNTQ2Ll9zZB9kc2xhaWljaFxsXj1EX3ZdJmZjZ2RnYWdjPW9ldG9rJVxsY2FrZWQ9LzEzWzBfL2FeN2YwL2QrN1tfNjI4Yi0yNC9hMWQ4XjImY15uZz0rJHplcD0q

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