bitlord_installer.exe

House of Life

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application bitlord_installer.exe by House of Life has been detected as adware by 16 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.bitlord.com.
Publisher:
House of Life  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b404ec15f79aae29ea702a2f9e117031

SHA-1:
0f0dc2e9f78658ae3272c401d6302c32db2d0ac2

SHA-256:
63b7c88b398897f45647ce9586a3470993fbdea414f3bcf16c22dfb2c5460a9d

Scanner detections:
16 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles the Conduit Toolbar and/or Conduit Search Protect.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 10:09:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Conduit.101
9.0.1.0153

ESET NOD32
Win32/Conduit.SearchProtect
8.9859

G Data
NSIS.Application.SearchProtect
14.6.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.SearchProtect.A
v2014.06.02.09

McAfee
Artemis!B404EC15F79A
5600.7111

Reason Heuristics
PUP.HouseofLife.R
14.8.7.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0525
7.2.153

VIPRE Antivirus
Conduit
29688

File size:
2.6 MB (2,691,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
5/6/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/7/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=House of Life, OU=IT, O=House of Life, STREET=Olnes, L=Sogndal, S=Sogn Og Fjordane, PostalCode=6856, C=NO

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00CCBF966B40EC386CE6666D5251C3C419

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:OCKY42UiPVrQX/eO4qIujbiRpGv3QfdG/GRHTX/zQOv6e/dvpLkkOp:OCwmQX/eO0u/Ukvg1G/SHTck62dkkOp

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8479

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

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