» chris_brown_fortune.zip_downloader_401a.exe
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chris_brown_fortune.zip_downloader_401a.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 chris_brown_fortune.zip_downloader_401a.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. This file is typically installed with the program YourFileDownloader by Via Advertising Group Limited which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

http://yourfiledownloader.com (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:

YourFile Downloader

Version:

1.0.0

MD5:

c1f91fde2199ad30fdf91d3c381cd689

SHA-1:

bf8c8ad6c2748091e4142ebf0afbc826eca4543a

SHA-256:

d73513a7eb56640fe529891c6f2f632501e2baf05a1b5e5cc3013f6b9e30fde4

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:

4/26/2024 2:22:15 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdvertisingGroup.Bundler (M)

16.1.9.17

File size:

3.7 MB (3,921,800 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0

Original file name:

YourFile.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

YourFile Downloader

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\chris_brown_fortune.zip_downloader_401a.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

4/29/2012 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/30/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, C=CY

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

54119944225483D152EE7DAA2475480B

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/29/2012 11:28:25 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

98304:tWmaGRuohZJ4jfbYafZdGuawRMe5jVr+nXpLLC:gm6ohZJ4jTYuGyMijVrKXY

Entry address:

0x8C85

Entry point:

E8, CB, 55, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 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, 60, F6, 41, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 67, 4B, 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, 00, 8E, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85, 14... 
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Entropy:

7.8358 (probably packed)

Code size:

74 KB (75,776 bytes)

The file chris_brown_fortune.zip_downloader_401a.exe has been discovered within the following program.

YourFileDownloader by Via Advertising Group Limited

YourFileDownloader provides the ability to download various software applications locally. It provides a list and search interface to locate and download appliations. The program does however automatically add itself to the Windows built-in Firewall.

yourfiledownloader.com

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