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installer_ares_2_2_8_spanish.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_2_2_8_spanish.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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from downloadv.mp3.es.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
80037b91ff7eb0c95fcf41678a49d5eb

SHA-1:
8a100a640dbcba4dae0b736834c1d9bcf837b3a7

SHA-256:
5e8d08cf2a707dbf6601c271c82aa5577f380eda8f6311ebbca0c2a554236879

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:
4/30/2024 4:28:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.24.20

File size:
4.8 MB (5,055,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\installer_ares_2_2_8_spanish.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vittalia Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/17/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:
6/5/2014 10:04:08 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:0nG+zL82fhtLDuWr20RHaYx9sNIkyZn2WlNWUZvABB/KBtEsvK16:urL

Entry address:
0x1E2DB

Entry point:
E8, C3, B0, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 18, 19, 44, 00, E8, DF, 3F, 00, 00, E8, 52, 36, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 56, 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, 8A, 71, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
6.3525

Code size:
201.5 KB (206,336 bytes)

The file installer_ares_2_2_8_spanish.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://downloadv.mp3.es/installers/out/006060060700608/piid-01234567899874563210012345678912/ax/mp3/spanish/seo/msie/ares_2_2_8/d/782198027fc5094c479d3ef9a43b22b5/vit/.../installer_ares_2_2_8_Spanish.exe

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