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Cash Buyer Media

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application google-chrome.exe by Cash Buyer Media 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 Vittalia DM installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Precise Modern System Installer  (signed by Cash Buyer Media)

Product:
Precise Modern System Installer

Version:
44.8.7.8361

MD5:
616c97ee55153692e73081def10686ff

SHA-1:
2cb3045fa1e038a0f0265d551defcb500937d176

SHA-256:
40604879bf655be7035335f7081b5dca503321e24c9846c46b83675caea2485d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
5/6/2024 11:12:29 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.24.8

File size:
758.9 KB (777,144 bytes)

Product version:
44.8.7.8361

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\google-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cash Buyer Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cash Buyer Media, O=Cash Buyer Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

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:
16225050F02F98DCFD5828F7D2C7CD45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/31/2014 8:13:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:V4x5rKoMhNgX4vgglluKIeloTX4XcKtpr0M9zwAum9qpJMk7l7LqIlBThfSbjWve:V4xNMhN7gglvo7GcGpYCz/9qpO67Lqcq

Entry address:
0x1EFD30

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9222

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

The file google-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://files4.downloadnet1195.com/download/.../dl?bc=1192719&pid=advertisode&brand=advertisode.com&aid=en_103428_downloadsfs.com_191410624_3936332823_10009963555&s=test_source&c=en&country=US&cb=1230201258&filename=google-chrome.exe&productKey=bveypw3d7apkkmeh6ynme6y3zeijgay4&osName=Windows&osVersion=8.1&browserName=IE&browserVersion=11&zTmp=1&executable=1188405

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