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akeelah_and_the_bee_movie_downloader.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 akeelah_and_the_bee_movie_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 dn.yourfiledownloader.com.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 293

MD5:
b28f8eb965b3e0a19261738b4e236fea

SHA-1:
f779261948076c54a8f7a1fce760e7840b6a4b84

SHA-256:
122013336f2d007dfc5d5ef3a93d9b9d840d9dd830a2daa187da4c0fb224e1bc

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 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:
4/20/2024 12:29:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising (M)
16.7.22.3

File size:
6.8 MB (7,152,696 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\akeelah_and_the_bee_movie_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 6:59:59 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:
2/28/2014 10:56:00 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:+ZjsDhk6mlnBdOt9EWJ4jfbY5dNpD7LfKWnIbY8ZMNLwUBfJk2n8l+J:+5s1pZ9pJ4jTY5dTKWwDqyUZmvgJ

Entry address:
0x2E6DD

Entry point:
E8, 61, 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, E3, 45, 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, 60, E8, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9592  (probably packed)

Code size:
282 KB (288,768 bytes)

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

http://dn.yourfiledownloader.com/j5GEXGfVpVpun6xRbpOlK2uXlyJ365QkYK24aW673GIt9dZgFenQaBXynipIr5wKSuHMXgvZyk1FkZ8GXtU4SgfVNlEykXsPKJF/.../oAckT8NWxI0wshBoERTFDIHRkMiQxJLdoaczHe71V0irUNfoi8DWPwvRoltf0kLKjiGzSrp3pHp6MtQ6PSPFS6

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