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:
b372780803f66edfa3ba93cceec11f4a

SHA-1:
ff7aec7b919b4ea5045a0aff588f9561c123bab7

SHA-256:
e155cc0479f8206426f70e9fd214817281caf01789b19074867e0c14567aa089

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/26/2024 6:03:31 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.SoftwareUpdater.Bundler (M)
16.2.15.18

File size:
4.1 MB (4,273,048 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:
3/6/2013 10:08:14 AM

Valid to:
2/14/2014 6:49:07 PM

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

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
080BC15D744636

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/27/2013 11:27:23 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:A9+hWYCqRe+K3l5T+37xQTyYy63SV2uPksOEUmQf7fqW/NUzHTmdPjN1oVq5nl:AOjWW9LC56atNl

Entry address:
0x24BD9

Entry point:
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Code size:
233.5 KB (239,104 bytes)

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