setup_winrar_64bit.exe

WinRAR (64-bit)

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_winrar_64bit.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. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
WinRAR (64-bit)

Version:
3.0.0.76

MD5:
f19ebf6135703cebef1bb58f124d732a

SHA-1:
361199c83afc78ed96b41af377279cab8caae7de

SHA-256:
dfbc0effe4af2fb5c24cd3a3a051ef93221f1e41729a01e22a722e7cc46ca6f8

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 12:34:30 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallHelper.Installer (M)
16.1.10.8

File size:
860.7 KB (881,320 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.76

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
setup_winrar_64bit.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup_winrar_64bit.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/28/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/29/2016 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:
7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/17/2015 1:08:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:TvIXjzuAHj+T7LLxTzjblyEyjDwg3/wPTfH:TvEjzzj+T7LJjRkDQfH

Entry address:
0x128D

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 4C, 53, 56, 57, BE, 00, 00, 80, 07, 33, DB, 56, 53, FF, 15, 10, 80, 47, 00, 85, C0, 74, 6B, 8B, D6, 8B, C8, 88, 19, 41, 4A, 75, FA, 50, FF, 15, 1C, 80, 47, 00, 89, 5D, FC, 8B, C3, 39, 75, FC, 73, 50, 40, FF, 45, FC, 39, 75, FC, 72, F7, 3B, C6, 75, 43, 6A, D3, 5B, C7, 45, E8, BC, B5, B5, B5, 33, D2, 66, C7, 45, EC, BA, BF, C6, 45, EE, A7, 88, 5D, EF, 8A, 4C, 15, E8, 8A, C1, 0A, CB, 22, C3, F6, D0, 22, C1, 88, 44, 15, E8, 42, 83, FA, 08, 72, E8, 8B, 3D, 0C, 80, 47, 00, 8D, 45, E8, 50, FF...
 
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Entropy:
7.0097

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
475.5 KB (486,912 bytes)

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