installer.exe

Software Updater LLC

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 installer.exe by Software Updater 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.
Publisher:
Software Updater LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
4c4648776609511e640d061199488abe

SHA-1:
2d5b76c13dfd3e96c1173d05949487a690ba3d10

SHA-256:
07523604e610a95ee98910609460a84cc9f1ed341dbf75c480c4c440f827857e

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:
4/26/2024 11:19:48 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.SoftwareUpdater.Bundler (M)
16.1.25.15

File size:
3.8 MB (3,962,112 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\windows\temp\installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
10/8/2013 7:43:01 AM

Valid to:
2/14/2014 2:49:07 PM

Subject:
CN=Software Updater LLC, O=Software Updater LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B45A4317FCCA0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/16/2013 6:22:35 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ROJP+tXRzaWxJDxJ17dqVTPIJG2e0/EUmQf7fqPW7UmQPjN1oN+C5WGZO5X:DbpxTdZaC+ElJQ

Entry address:
0x111B1

Entry point:
E8, 6A, 98, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 78, 0D, 43, 00, E8, D9, 54, 00, 00, E8, 49, 43, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, FD, 97, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 35, 77, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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