traffic_and_highway_engineering_solution_manual_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 traffic_and_highway_engineering_solution_manual_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 dll512.sprintload.biz.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 261, 1

MD5:
0cb70b7f56d62e4d287fe2f86b7d399e

SHA-1:
100bb727644f3468058218893b760bd7f4506071

SHA-256:
66ba316df2a8c9f46d6f1f2040aef0ce542d392f57ecb3c8c9dcf866201ccac9

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 is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/15/2024 3:32:07 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.4.4.3

File size:
2.6 MB (2,705,640 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.net (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
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:
9/15/2014 1:31:39 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:VV4ii9Sdf65LwFXsN3yZIZo4PCMYRyneJ76sqNaAWcpXTPz18yy2A:T4iiknsxiI64PfYRyeB0BWcFr5BA

Entry address:
0x33224B

Entry point:
54, 89, 34, 24, C7, 04, 24, D4, F1, 77, AB, 50, 89, 34, 24, C7, 04, 24, B1, 0E, B6, E3, 9C, 60, 9C, 51, 8D, 64, 24, 2C, E9, 35, 3B, 00, 00, 00, 00, 52, 65, 6C, 65, 61, 73, 65, 53, 65, 6D, 61, 70, 68, 6F, 72, 65, 00, E8, 2B, 12, 00, 00, F8, 60, 80, 7F, FF, 00, E8, 4F, 24, 00, 00, 8D, A9, 76, 93, D4, 76, 66, F7, D5, 66, BD, 27, 8A, 8D, 2C, 6D, 20, 2D, 57, 92, 5D, 56, 50, FF, 74, 24, 08, C2, 14, 00, 00, 00, 43, 72, 65, 61, 74, 65, 54, 68, 72, 65, 61, 64, 00, 00, 00, 47, 65, 74, 46, 69, 6C, 65, 54, 79, 70, 65...
 
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Entropy:
7.8297  (probably packed)

Code size:
766.5 KB (784,896 bytes)

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