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audacityupdatesetup.exe

Audacity

Install Helper

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 audacityupdatesetup.exe by Install Helper 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:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Audacity

Version:
3.0.0.104

MD5:
23c5d128e79da37323e8db9ba07b6874

SHA-1:
645b7cdd6a28247ea3369f8e376feefcd908e3f3

SHA-256:
adb8815802b2d2f1ff75ae4337718119575780ced4753018af54800b71ab4227

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:
5/21/2024 4:42:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.2.28.21

File size:
960.1 KB (983,160 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.104

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
AudacitySetup-24317034.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/19/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/19/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0575634D1B3373331074EB7C4751AB12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/29/2015 5:26:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0551

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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