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HuluSetup.exe

Hulu Desktop

Install Helper

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 HuluSetup.exe by Install Helper 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.down1oad.org.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Hulu Desktop

Version:
3.0.0.76

MD5:
d130984d177dbae3075b6134b86932a2

SHA-1:
4b3642f59c71f534e46441aae84ec27e5aa055a3

SHA-256:
3123d02bc313954f92cea05918de8eac0703506e01a0e4b3748da483b80918ac

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
8/4/2025 9:42:49 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.28.14

File size:
464.9 KB (476,088 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.76

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
HuluSetup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/28/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/29/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/12/2015 10:34:12 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Wg89R3qKtzPQkSNkG1XEZ3+7yyZcnepd1hjS5L:Wg89T0LPVcn21hW5L

Entry address:
0xE0C80

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 80, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 90, F6, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 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, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.9229

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

The file HuluSetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.down1oad.org/v2/click/80af325a/?d=http://down1oad.org/.../hulu.exe&n=Hulu Desktop&key=dd59f72d7425d4c5500e04358407781e190f502d9887a833c1de4c3de290ae13&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://down1oad.org/.../hulu.png&sid=hulu&filename=HuluSetup

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