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imvu_setup.exe

IMVU Installer

DOWNLOADZONE

The Adlogica setup manager, an installer that bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed without consent. The application imvu_setup.exe, “Deploy IMVU along with various offers” by DOWNLOADZONE 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 Adlogica Downloader installer.
Publisher:
DOWNLOADZONE  (signed and verified)

Product:
IMVU Installer

Description:
Deploy IMVU along with various offers

Version:
493.0

MD5:
86f8e25fbf8969c1ff7ccc70c32c29a0

SHA-1:
5205f1ff3f8b6a86d30dad8f71ae4da35a0f5ddb

SHA-256:
411b7b4fda67a3eee3e64477d8e5cbf5c531215f28f07e6ee1c682d4b2844334

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:
5/4/2024 9:35:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adlogica.Bundler
16.6.26.16

File size:
1.3 MB (1,362,328 bytes)

Product version:
493.0

Copyright:
©DownloadZone

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adlogica Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
DOWNLOADZONE

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/11/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/12/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=DOWNLOADZONE, O=DOWNLOADZONE, STREET=96 Jessie st, STREET=4th Floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94105, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
009B24C5AAB5A6D4FED7E156750E71003D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/16/2013 6:17:45 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:m9OSiCcFYIYdv+tDUwadbW5Q+mrR3e5xW/e+qeT8hSCWUD6/vkRTBDWro:4iSKmrR3Xe+WQY6/qTBa

Entry address:
0x110400

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, A0, E9, 50, 00, E8, D4, 71, EF, FF, 8B, 0D, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 09, B2, 01, A1, 38, 3E, 4C, 00, E8, D0, F2, F4, FF, 8B, 15, 94, A6, 51, 00, 89, 02, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, D4, 8A, F5, FF, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, B2, 01, E8, 6E, A9, F5, FF, 8B, 0D, 78, A3, 51, 00, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, 8B, 15, F0, 1D, 50, 00, E8, C6, 8A, F5, FF, A1, A0, A5, 51, 00, 8B, 00, E8, F2, 8B, F5, FF, E8, 29, 4B, EF, FF, 90, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
6.6684

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
1.1 MB (1,111,552 bytes)

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