yourfile_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

Via Advertising Group Limited

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application yourfile_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dll513.yourfdownloader.net.
Publisher:
http://yourfile-downloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 509, 1

MD5:
3ed822560cfee79d9e80c37d464f8b53

SHA-1:
9293761f21b059c58934736a4abe54be8c37c47e

SHA-256:
cebdbc8db30e346cfc2e1c00600ec1f4ff9de1ac52d053982ddcf849ed51284e

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 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:
11/14/2024 9:29:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdvertisingGroup.Bundler (M)
16.3.7.13

File size:
3.7 MB (3,840,896 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfile-downloader.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/11/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

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

Serial number:
00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/23/2015 2:55:09 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:U4uZhR5BEC9PNyGQylE3g+Q/k0PBWgtWL59+u:UPZKAPN6yQRQ/RP7tWL5Uu

Entry address:
0x453E26

Entry point:
9C, 60, C7, 44, 24, 20, D6, BA, 54, B3, 68, 5E, 2E, D6, 2E, E9, 17, A9, FE, FF, 00, 00, 53, 48, 43, 68, 61, 6E, 67, 65, 4E, 6F, 74, 69, 66, 79, 00, 68, 75, FA, ED, D3, F8, 60, D3, E0, C7, 04, 24, 16, BC, AA, 9B, FF, 74, 24, 08, 9C, E9, A7, 29, 04, 00, F3, 77, BF, 44, 1D, 9A, EE, 3C, E5, 95, C9, 4B, 6F, FB, EC, 5C, 20, 81, 48, D6, 98, 8E, D4, DC, 8D, AA, BB, 9C, 5D, 41, 89, FC, C1, B0, F5, 7A, AA, 53, AA, 7A, 62, B3, FA, 21, B7, AB, B2, 04, 4B, 4D, 54, 95, 72, 17, B1, 00, D1, EA, 9B, 4E, 26, CF, 65, 69, AA...
 
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Entropy:
7.9014  (probably packed)

Code size:
786 KB (804,864 bytes)

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