foo-fighters-skin-and-bonesrar_downloader.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 foo-fighters-skin-and-bonesrar_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 294

MD5:
54fd8c24c6c1686770d6d1b735e20ac0

SHA-1:
3ee940d82796e75eae7ca4065595e0f9f68d61c5

SHA-256:
3068f3fa0071512c948a5e330a36a6c79b4e1d68c4746c876c50fc7a7405639a

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

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:
4/24/2024 1:48:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.1053001
5639178

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.ExpressFiles
2015.06.04

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/EDownloader.Gen
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Application.Generic.D101149
1.0.0.425

avast!
Win32:Downloader-UEO [PUP]
150602-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3089

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.1053001
1.0.20.770

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.10330
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Generic.1053001
15.06.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Generic.1053001
5.14.151

G Data
Application.Generic.1053001
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16131

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.YourfileDownloader
v2015.06.03.10

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.199.1463.0

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.1053001
16.0.0.462

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.dffshm
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Application.Generic.1053001
02.06.2015 14:23:46

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.Bundler
15.6.3.18

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758264
40786

File size:
6.2 MB (6,530,576 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.com (C) 2012

Original file name:
YourFile.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\foo-fighters-skin-and-bonesrar_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 12:59:59 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:
1/6/2014 6:10:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:rO//8Yjsc5k6mlnBdOt9EWJ4jfbYwMNLwUBfJk2n8l+XYpvDLLSy:gjjsc5pZ9pJ4jTYpyUZmvgXYpey

Entry address:
0x2AEFD

Entry point:
E8, 11, BA, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 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, 44, 83, 45, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, EF, 5C, 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, 80, B0, 42, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Entropy:
7.9401  (probably packed)

Code size:
260 KB (266,240 bytes)

The file foo-fighters-skin-and-bonesrar_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.