breeding_season_game_5.3_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

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 breeding_season_game_5.3_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://yourfile-downloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 465, 1

MD5:
bfd49789fb418740f5dcb1b4fb83cb87

SHA-1:
8809e5c58fd972ddef700647fc4475a50c6675b1

SHA-256:
c9a453b694ddfb9a44620e5fc0b9fb334e2825e525e36f3b726fef272a3d3914

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 also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 3:02:47 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdvertisingGroup.Bundler (M)
15.9.24.23

File size:
3.7 MB (3,883,840 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfile-downloader.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\breeding_season_game_5.3_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/11/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/11/2016 7:59:59 PM

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:
12/16/2014 10:55:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:gQ304Q8ouPA8aGX+IX4c8qDI/HmGFMNZbRj/Ct5u:g+9Q8o8vPNX4c5UVFMNFRjau

Entry address:
0x71BC43

Entry point:
55, 68, AE, 34, 2F, 27, C7, 44, 24, 04, FD, AA, AC, 13, 60, C7, 44, 24, 20, 7B, 26, C1, 25, 60, 8D, 64, 24, 40, E9, 06, E8, 00, 00, E9, C7, 5F, A4, 9A, F4, 3A, 0A, 1A, 12, B3, A9, 6B, D0, B6, 9E, EE, 75, D5, 52, 0A, 95, C3, 45, EB, 21, 37, E3, 5B, E7, 96, B4, BF, 92, 82, 7D, 86, 68, 5E, E1, 4F, 9B, DB, 55, 7B, AB, 80, C5, 55, 07, F1, 79, BC, 4F, 88, 69, E3, DB, EB, 05, 77, B6, DA, 64, 84, 03, 1B, 3C, F4, 43, 05, 8F, C7, 40, E6, A0, 86, B6, 28, C6, F4, DA, 22, 6F, 7B, C4, 48, 90, EF, 29, C1, 22, 82, 0B, E4...
 
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Code size:
785 KB (803,840 bytes)

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