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Formula EFT Europa S.L.

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 Formula EFT Europa S.L has been detected as adware by 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.upd4ter.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address services.upd4ter.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Formula EFT Europa S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ed379e89d896163ea099bc710b217c2b

SHA-1:
e641862c85a3c494007a6ab9cb14705ef5b574ea

SHA-256:
c08160942d98b5e0c007e88394ce8cf73d3a4130ab40720f7246f51f4bad1ead

Scanner detections:
4 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Includes bundled offers in the install and download manager that include adware programs.

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:
4/25/2024 2:32:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

ESET NOD32
Win32/Vittalia (variant)
8.9734

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Europa
v2014.04.29.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FormulaEFTEuropaSL.K
14.4.28.23

VIPRE Antivirus
Vittalia Installer
28674

File size:
4.2 MB (4,396,880 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Formula EFT Europa S.L.

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/18/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 4:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=Formula EFT Europa S.L., O=Formula EFT Europa S.L., L=Madrid, S=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0DB4DBB604EF737F46C4680160CC360F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/28/2014 3:02:00 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:h+2x8O/rKQWt3LhYzTqD6FvfdVqWtrpU1UKZ8aWjJd6nniSvacCnCfnG3IPDX:t8

Entry address:
0x2F538

Entry point:
E8, 78, 90, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 20, 29, 45, 00, E8, 82, 29, 00, 00, E8, EB, 1F, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 0B, 90, 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, 2D, 5B, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.4305

Code size:
267 KB (273,408 bytes)

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

http://download.upd4ter.com/installers/out/004280042900430/piid-01234567899874563210012345678912/ax/feedburner//seo/generic//d/782198027fc5094c479d3ef9a43b22b5/vit//installer_.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.uplstatsone.com  (93.189.33.84:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to services.upd4ter.com  (93.189.33.101:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to media.vitavita.com.es  (109.70.128.135:80)

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