downloadfile_downloader.exe

Bicycle 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 downloadfile_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 dll513.yourfd.net.
Publisher:
Bicycle Corporation  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
Bicycle Installer

Version:
1, 0, 608, 1

MD5:
13ba14a9b5a289e019343f1cdfdc0b8f

SHA-1:
ad1d5dd9d5fe1c1c58e7633f611c00bdc7f11c6e

SHA-256:
6c6d91f84858d7b780aab0a47172b25ba4c4a635214b89e91f1ec594254ae8af

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:
5/20/2024 12:39:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising (M)
16.7.26.15

File size:
4.2 MB (4,409,424 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright Bicycle Inc (C) 2015

Original file name:
BicycleDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\downloadfile_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 1:59:59 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:
3/30/2015 12:27:37 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:TVRnvvK+AO2UCYPZGBvA+duHZk0dC0FVdbuAmGiEBD1Rz+i+pu:pRnvvKJO2tYPMxBqldl9XiEBD1Ruu

Entry address:
0x8406DA

Entry point:
E8, B5, F6, C9, FF, 00, 00, 4D, 65, 73, 73, 61, 67, 65, 42, 6F, 78, 57, 00, 3B, 08, 3F, 81, F9, 12, D8, 36, A3, 0B, 26, 89, AB, 18, 53, 7F, EA, C2, 26, 0B, C2, EB, 53, FD, E6, 4F, CB, C8, 5D, 6F, 44, 47, 55, C0, 6C, C0, 89, 87, 96, 3C, E4, 71, D9, 88, BA, 73, C3, 33, 56, F8, AC, 39, 95, 1B, 8E, 24, 4E, E2, EB, C4, 3F, 95, FF, 55, 16, B8, DE, F6, 59, 9E, E6, 3E, 17, 3D, A8, 00, 2D, 85, D5, 7D, B2, 73, 70, 5A, 73, EE, 7B, D2, B3, 19, D8, 72, AF, 6D, C6, D4, 41, 6C, A5, 0C, 9D, 3B, 0A, FA, FF, 30, A9, 89, 94...
 
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Code size:
796.5 KB (815,616 bytes)

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