83d8installer.exe

Software Updater LLC

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 83d8installer.exe by Software Updater 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Software Updater LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ee40e33dc324b2e08c0796255bb26cc6

SHA-1:
2c8a2bb6ce707ab4857ea7b205d844527157fa74

SHA-256:
32ff9be2858beb3e07d8e4f9ee5743b343155909a265a27ff4ac9108cf178379

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 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:
4/16/2024 5:23:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.SoftwareUpdater.Bundler (M)
16.1.30.7

File size:
2.8 MB (2,953,056 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\83d8installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2013 5:43:01 AM

Valid to:
2/14/2014 11:49:07 AM

Subject:
CN=Software Updater LLC, O=Software Updater LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B45A4317FCCA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:vtZG80RsB2sGkfp7bBDM+tO3ZQ7iIJXHBJt2zUfDMpXT2BIHT2k1Wr:vH2sB2mRiZeBXHBKXTuwSke

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.9918

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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