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the_advertising_concept_book_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

Via Advertising Group Limited

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application the_advertising_concept_book_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dll513.yourfdownloader.com.

File name:

Publisher:

http://yourfile-downloader.com (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:

YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:

1, 0, 509, 1

MD5:

df4a9a31170fb778ab7518360c66e726

SHA-1:

7c931adef21683dae2d05ac7c736b7225ad03326

SHA-256:

0f9ca59c07c27e64ca2817b559bb665a6e705f6f943dabb01a247d6a03ec2780

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Note:

Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:

11/24/2024 11:32:24 PM UTC (a few moments ago)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)

16.7.12.20

File size:

3.9 MB (4,140,560 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.1

Original file name:

YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

YourFile Downloader

Language:

English

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/12/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:

CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/24/2015 12:55:09 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:yjuYJoT0BwCG2stpD0skLI+XCKUsiDviV8f4J0hbECcv5lKo/I98hO212XK+XsDv:NYJoNCgWJyKUsgF4JQRA/SE32VXZF0zD

Entry address:

0x4A15EE

Entry point:

9C, E9, 08, 2F, FA, FF, F8, 30, D0, 01, FE, E8, 43, 2F, FA, FF, 8A, A3, 66, 64, 39, 1F, AB, 7D, 7F, B2, 5B, E1, A3, 92, 6F, D9, 22, 1D, B1, 91, 7C, CB, 2B, 0E, D2, 6E, 0A, 20, BA, 8B, 16, 1C, 8B, A7, 3D, 05, 38, ED, F7, 1F, 79, 8D, 3E, FF, D5, 68, 4E, EF, 15, 63, 51, 55, 01, 14, 25, C8, 84, E8, 99, A8, 60, E1, 73, 33, 45, 3F, 6C, 28, 04, F5, 0D, 2F, 11, 50, F2, FD, 45, 34, BA, 67, F8, 42, 76, 82, 65, 50, 7C, 72, 40, B9, 5C, C3, 52, DB, A5, 5E, 9A, 95, 53, F2, CF, 99, 6C, 28, B3, 0C, 85, 67, 21, C2, CC, F3... 
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Entropy:

7.9121 (probably packed)

Code size:

786 KB (804,864 bytes)

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

http://dll513.yourfdownloader.com/j5GRX2fviF9w0b9LY8u4LWnjlih8o7w7YpufIHWjxydt8dRjEOLQYhTt220Mq4QBR7jIVgLQzVoD0NsfW5p1HVueWh4mzTpdMoZsGSyRctw6hWXibzg/6DptfuRnOgfnOn96/w1jXaYSfEj DmtfxhoyVsgfBk3PBXtewA9GNcEHEQDwpEIs2uprLtPjWzqc4FNo9rQ0PbjJLS3yq3hU/.../9Y2J6rQNQ==

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