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yourfiledownloader.exe

YourFile Downloader

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 yourfiledownloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 293

MD5:
62916879f8ac579a2f1c19192b985918

SHA-1:
4614cb9e987d2afc76b9dd07c1ef8e3842e774cd

SHA-256:
0e5d990ab574a24a532710a154b7ba2a5c844de08947bfea44129fde5f81d1f2

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 4:03:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.138.142

avast!
Win32:Downloader-UEO [PUP]
140516-1

AVG
Generic_r.LB
2014.0.3950

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.YourFileDownloader.~A
17217

Dr.Web
Trojan.StartPage.56734
9.0.1.0139

ESET NOD32
Win32/YourFileDownloader (variant)
8.9583

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/YourFileDownloader
5/19/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressDownloader
14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.173.10086

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.YourFileDownloader
v2014.05.19.04

McAfee
Artemis!6137078A3132
5600.7126

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Amonetize.cvaajw
0.28.0.58491

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ViaAdvertisingGroupLimited.S
14.8.15.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Adware!6.14A5
23.00.65.14517

Sophos
YourFile Downloader
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0324
7.2.139

VIPRE Antivirus
Via Advertising
27690

XVirus List
Win32.Detected
2.4.17

File size:
6.8 MB (7,081,816 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.com (C) 2012

Original file name:
YourFile.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 10:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 9:59:59 AM

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:
4/3/2014 1:25:14 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:fZaUsOGz8F0k6mlnBdOt9EWJ4jfbYxC9Jy0ycpJeDCwXQnIbN0qlMNLwUBfJk2nC:foz20pZ9pJ4jTYxeDXeowReyUZmvg0

Entry address:
0x2F7ED

Entry point:
E8, 01, C9, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 24, 03, 46, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, DF, 5C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 70, F9, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9577  (probably packed)

Code size:
287 KB (293,888 bytes)

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

http://www.yourfiledownloader.com/YourFileDownloader.exe

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