WinZip Setup.exe

WinZip

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 WinZip 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:
WinZip

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
e065a030537bb3d0bd27ec11b9f0e762

SHA-1:
17c8ba30425bca1821b7717679c46c5e3348d03e

SHA-256:
2cd29ff5c782079b85f769ca903eccecde802077afc317b083c28cd26681052f

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:
11/4/2024 5:02:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallA.Installer (M)
16.4.24.6

File size:
844.7 KB (864,928 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.88

Copyright:
(c) Install Assistant

Original file name:
WinZip Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
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:
3/22/2015 8:07:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:wvZdj8xVHYM9ryDBMWLnGwhNo8Kcj6f3bTL:cj8x9n+1ML8h03bTL

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:
7.0600

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

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