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setup.exe

Aero SWF

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:
Aero SWF

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
a43a2371a778b920f5c5414f1714f501

SHA-1:
e53d84c717353a4aad4685d1834d0adc9d7c51a6

SHA-256:
077d586060ca648c4b94281dac67ba9a82a3de8f1bd53781380cd52ff04116f2

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:
11/27/2024 8:55:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.22.8

File size:
962.2 KB (985,312 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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/15/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/15/2016 4:59:59 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:
4342FEA5ECB2BCE93BB51F492FB1826B

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

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:MxGeaVwjG7BEKP/XVXKdKDComSYqy0qK3b6:xiG7ZP/XVXKcbYWd3b6

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:
6.9431

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/.../?sid=11712&uid=102777de959e090ba3fe11bb90924a

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