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uTorrent Setup.exe

uTorrent

Install Assistant

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 uTorrent Setup.exe by Install Assistant 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 file has been seen being downloaded from download.downtoad.com.
Publisher:
Install Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
uTorrent

Version:
3.0.0.104

MD5:
e1673c42381bae936ce80a8e65d47122

SHA-1:
02ce057178b7e4113a0f84ef087d3c9bf273560d

SHA-256:
0814b7f1821326d646bac514fa4efa59a3e36ef94b0acd1dd17745b4f77802e8

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:
12/23/2024 11:51:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.2.7.14

File size:
999.2 KB (1,023,136 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.104

Copyright:
(c) Install Assistant

Original file name:
uTorrent Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22447A22A7271728A9B013CFD533476D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/27/2015 2:56:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

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:
7.0561

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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

http://download.downtoad.com/v2/click/ligiz166/?d=http://cdn.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/utorrent.exe&n=uTorrent&icon=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/utorrent/.../aidesktop.ico&key=ea60bc61cf97ce5912e49fb4656adc9de83e797dec74ad2a98cb1cd8a1ab716f&uid=&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/utorrent/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/utorrent/.../installsplash.png&filename=uTorrent Setup&sid=Bing2-USA-uTorrent-

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