» uTorrent Setup.exe
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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.

File name:

uTorrent Setup.exe

Publisher:

Install Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

uTorrent

Version:

3.0.0.89

MD5:

5dc474f7060c05515fbbf747cef8c2c9

SHA-1:

f9b0a58e717b94606d9a3ff3934ea5f979349b6a

SHA-256:

4b195b850b44a842dfdc5693b5afdcc25fcd8716822615bd7713b256175354a9

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:

12/23/2024 12:22:46 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

17.3.5.2

File size:

956.7 KB (979,616 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.89

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}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\utorrent setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Install Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

3/10/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:

3/9/2016 11:59:59 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:

3/29/2015 7:55:43 PM

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... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.0412

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

574.5 KB (588,288 bytes)

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