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installer_ares_plus_english.exe

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_ares_plus_english.exe by Formula EFT Europa S.L 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 download.begin.pro. 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:
cb70efda5c4fd22f0943c2b2fc9745d6

SHA-1:
91df392299750a2cba780e54f8c35e88b97e7768

SHA-256:
406de1c76dbb54da84c16ea2c7e35d76333063ff5239f2a79ad48178024b9473

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/24/2024 7:02:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.FormulaE.Bundler (M)
16.3.20.1

File size:
4.7 MB (4,957,600 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\installer_ares_plus_english.exe

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

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/19/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/26/2014 1:00:00 PM

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:
4/21/2014 10:01:50 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:VK+ovkrKomWnsmhIBHyd4KrrFER+rgpCIWuFhT/ZC4cCnh0Ewexylw:VUr

Entry address:
0x2F298

Entry point:
E8, 78, 90, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, 2C, 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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Code size:
266.5 KB (272,896 bytes)

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

http://download.begin.pro/installers/out/004210042200423/piid-01234567899874563210012345678912/on/beginpro/english/organico/msie/ares_plus/d/42792ba6c7745ba4ac25bf65d5b5eb14/vit//installer_ares_plus_English.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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