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setup_java_update.exe

Java Update 8u40

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_java_update.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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free Oracle Java Runtime but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.

File name:

Publisher:

Install Helper (signed and verified)

Product:

Java Update 8u40

Version:

3.0.0.86

MD5:

7046425c1bd9d85d9cde80e03a97af19

SHA-1:

703b147b7bb72855cac7e851efbb07c9bc205e9e

SHA-256:

ad89bd0940b2de72eaa6d1228a440b6fab476a167bd67ce20a7043e5a74c33ea

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:

11/30/2024 12:35:03 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia.InstallHelper.Installer (M)

15.7.8.16

File size:

844.7 KB (864,936 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.86

Original file name:

setup_java_update.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Vittalia DM

Language:

English (United States)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup_java_update.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Helper

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

1/28/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:

1/29/2016 5:59:59 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:

3/13/2015 11:11:57 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:isdpH9VeyWLTW9wrCM05W5R2wbm+3aPJNtV2rGi3y7jW2rz4JTqwMT2dw:i0jeYr/KRTbqx3V2JyXWC4J6Aw

Entry address:

0x126A

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 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:

7.0555

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

http://files.1download.io/.../download_java_update_8u40.php?tr=b&flag=us&cid=&prd=

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