installer_don039t_starve_full_steam_italian.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_don039t_starve_full_steam_italian.exe by Formula EFT Europa S.L has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. 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:
b787be6e29645c121b1d1f2a079c170b

SHA-1:
285b018b1e556ac781f2c6a53a4acdd18e313bc9

SHA-256:
bb0a7b9f05fdfda8d8524cc43df208635cec31a62168ff895feb9d4cfcefea1e

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/26/2024 5:47:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.FakeUtill
2014.07.24

AVG
Adware Generic_r.JR
2014.0.3986

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.Agent.IEXT
18948

ESET NOD32
Win32/Vittalia.M potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Vittalia
v2014.07.23.12

Reason Heuristics
PUP.FormulaEFTEuropaSL.l
14.7.23.12

Sophos
Vittalia
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782551
31208

File size:
4.2 MB (4,451,776 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\installer_don039t_starve_full_steam_italian.exe

Digital Signature
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:
1/31/2014 11:01:27 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:vJ3ByJx+8IwncJSmsILJw7C6QTbYUrGqJwQTyY4h73pN2boEUmQz8DzjN1oN+C5T:vpByJ9IJj3XrbElT

Entry address:
0x2BD5C

Entry point:
E8, DC, 97, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 38, E3, 44, 00, E8, DE, 53, 00, 00, E8, F4, 44, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 6F, 97, 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, 41, 78, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
259 KB (265,216 bytes)

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)