watch dogs repack-r g mechanics - bitlordinstaller.exe

House of Life

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application watch dogs repack-r g mechanics - bitlordinstaller.exe by House of Life 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 installCore installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from links2.fulldls.com.
Publisher:
House of Life  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8b1af998b05584c1f7fcae25e1d04094

SHA-1:
41e2c3b7364d6e9888479c2a75a7e4c725a525a6

SHA-256:
0808a38d7b203315945e3d4a2c87e532f213dc9f03e7b8f7eab446b3ae4a0c72

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:
11/8/2024 2:54:30 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.30.4

File size:
630.2 KB (645,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\watch dogs repack-r g mechanics - bitlordinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/7/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/8/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=House of Life, OU=IT, O=House of Life, STREET=Olnes, L=Sogndal, S=Sogn Og Fjordane, PostalCode=6856, C=NO

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

Serial number:
00CCBF966B40EC386CE6666D5251C3C419

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/11/2014 9:03:36 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9DpoebeexoMe00iy0ckUntZ1R8lNVQVp0IazPkkkuUZcJMzAiINvrlbXXubjLM98:Neeztvy0ckYiVPkkkugEXtXuV2Q

Entry address:
0x3217

Entry point:
81, EC, 84, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 89, 5C, 24, 20, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 34, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 8C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 37, 42, 00, E8, AD, 2D, 00, 00, A3, E4, 36, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, A0, EC, 41, 00, FF, 15, 64, 71, 40, 00, 68, E4, 91, 40, 00, 68, E0, 2E, 42, 00, E8, 57, 2A, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BD, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 55, E8, 45, 2A...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file watch dogs repack-r g mechanics - bitlordinstaller.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://links2.fulldls.com/go.php?l=98&s=3&name=Watch Dogs Repack-R G Mechanics&magnet=magnet:?xt=urn:btih:64cc93cec52bfe9e1351d6d8073af085959534a8&dn=Watch Dogs Repack-R G Mechanics&tr=http://.../announce