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setup_adw_cleaner.exe

ADW Cleaner 4.112

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_adw_cleaner.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 an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.1download.io.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
ADW Cleaner 4.112

Version:
3.0.0.104

MD5:
35761a056ce6fc56536781575284ae4c

SHA-1:
2912d27676c8059982b86c856b712e650e9f6944

SHA-256:
e6726d72dfbd209b2fa62b1a0bbbe6f21e4469f7f50d77dea7bb91c55723f65b

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:
1/13/2025 12:48:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallHelper.Installer (M)
16.2.24.17

File size:
961.1 KB (984,192 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.104

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
setup_adw_cleaner.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\setup_adw_cleaner.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/19/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/19/2016 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:
0575634D1B3373331074EB7C4751AB12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2015 7:48:21 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:VB6dW2Lr1oecYYKdtMTSsXfQviYdliVwSVnhiqpp9DnqUyNoz:bwZLldZKQxdliV9hiIjzv

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0529

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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

http://dl.1download.io/v2/click/n6bvia8n/?affiliate_image=http://files.1download.io/.../airlogo_a_adw_cleaner.png&cancel_url=http://www.1download.io/v1b/thankyou.html&d=http://files.1download.io/appsv1/apps_storage/AdwCleaner_4.112.exe&done_url=http://www.1download.io/v1b/thankyou.html&filename=setup_adw_cleaner&key=f01659740ac04528948e53ace72553c6b0359a7157fd0aaec1dbea7bcef3eb02&n=ADW Cleaner 4.112&product_image=http://files.1download.io/.../airlogo_b_adw_cleaner.png&sid=AdwCleaner.US_8565044991_s0_v4.0_us_adwcleaner_e_adwcleaner_0_none&uid=8d5a9623-bfac-7e08-2e79-4dfdc4d2e750&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4xKSBBcHBsZVdlYktpdC81MzcuMzYgKEtIVE1MLCBsaWtlIEdlY2tvKSBDaHJvbWUvMzguMC4yMTI1LjEwNCBTYWZhcmkvNTM3LjM2

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