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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.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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.program-assist.com.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
utorrent

Version:
3.0.0.84

MD5:
01daf607fa4c7033c1924eaa8ec5521f

SHA-1:
b6cfbfdb8e8843f4f599bf175772407fc74e4570

SHA-256:
2aabb1cdfb17e7672cf34b3887dff556d6315819abd3734a02be3f85a03aca12

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:
11/15/2024 10:51:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.29.18

File size:
844.2 KB (864,416 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.84

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
utorrent.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/28/2015 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/29/2016 3:59:59 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:
3/6/2015 11:26:07 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:mddx2kXSm04ClrsW5MRTlwY/8mQMvjcpHPbZ:uDTSmrpW5M0cQMyHPbZ

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 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:
7.0563

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

http://download.program-assist.com/v2/click/b8152820/?d=http://www.installer-assist.com/download/uTorrent.exe&key=74d0961b3319530da518cacf5dc1a474e5196d4ec508edd64128f8f0f58a18de&sid=utorrent&uid=utorrent&affiliate_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../Utorrent_logo_i.png&product_image=http://download-assist.com/admin/.../Utorrent_logo_p.png&n=utorrent&filename=utorrent

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