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2978a2fc15597183d866be0f0215a1d8.exe

Formula EFT Europa S.L.

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 2978a2fc15597183d866be0f0215a1d8.exe by Formula EFT Europa S.L has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from internetexplorer10.descargar.es. While running, it connects to the Internet address services.upd4ter.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Formula EFT Europa S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2978a2fc15597183d866be0f0215a1d8

SHA-1:
e0a84a91c2b9b57c7c644d444397763d22678415

SHA-256:
d214a9ccc5d45b27e6f25bec4a11e63742f0899c702bb08f5793f1e2235f4bd1

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the install and download manager that include adware programs.

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:
4/24/2024 10:16:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.FakeAV.17377
9.0.1.0103

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Europa
v2014.04.13.02

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FormulaEFTEuropaSL.a
14.4.13.1

VIPRE Antivirus
Vittalia Installer
28212

File size:
4.7 MB (4,950,432 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\2978a2fc15597183d866be0f0215a1d8.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Formula EFT Europa S.L.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/18/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Formula EFT Europa S.L., O=Formula EFT Europa S.L., L=Madrid, S=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0DB4DBB604EF737F46C4680160CC360F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/11/2014 8:01:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:+nU9+9S403zTmpZroM174O0cEARTiUlKBGchI+WQF45h32jQzIP2BbxE:i5A

Entry address:
0x2F608

Entry point:
E8, 78, 90, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D8, 2D, 45, 00, E8, 82, 29, 00, 00, E8, EB, 1F, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 0B, 90, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 2D, 5B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3983

Code size:
267 KB (273,408 bytes)

The file 2978a2fc15597183d866be0f0215a1d8.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://internetexplorer10.descargar.es/.../down.php?p=US-ADVERTISE&affid=63574-d33c8fd0-801e-456d-85be-a59479eee90e&kw=internet explorer download software update microsoft product computer pc windows office

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.uplstatsone.com  (93.189.33.84:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to services.upd4ter.com  (93.189.33.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to media.vitavita.com.es  (109.70.128.135:80)

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