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installer_ares.exe

Vittalia Limited

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_ares.exe by Vittalia Limited 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 ares.com.es.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
53dd1a0fd68ff4d83df29dd77ffbcac6

SHA-1:
1b321cc71cf2b3a52b9e25a728e5296262283c84

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:
4/25/2024 6:43:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.Bundler (M)
16.4.4.5

File size:
4.7 MB (4,918,456 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\installer_ares.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vittalia Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Vittalia Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Vittalia Limited, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
6CC8DB30E67B3DF9E2607EE882D390AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/9/2014 2:04:03 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:M+rNK+80kYEP2Irn+wu7ghFZfUULMScO6H2rfO6js/X86usOouOcQBo9SqX28mRL:xBIA

Entry address:
0x1E69B

Entry point:
E8, D3, B0, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, B0, 1B, 44, 00, E8, EF, 3F, 00, 00, E8, 52, 36, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 66, B0, 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, 9A, 71, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
202.5 KB (207,360 bytes)

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

http://ares.com.es/down_extra.php

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