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 file 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. This downloadble file is typically blocked through Google's Safe Browsing technology in Chrome web browser.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
19ce159b17bc48fdd4224d90e4e93e9f

SHA-1:
ed7cbc83e8cab40b9a8d02f6876789ec3dc341c6

SHA-256:
30a53de0f2685d363014c6bd7de17756033b9970d75bf3838859f7a660b00136

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:
11/22/2024 11:33:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.3.13.1

File size:
1.1 MB (1,151,912 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
4/25/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/25/2016 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:
1033FCE1C8483954269AE6C47D9AA2A6

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

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:
6.9649

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

Code size:
126.6 KB (129,684 bytes)

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