installer_minecraft_english.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_minecraft_english.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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Minecraft but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
931cf457af44848914be41acc7a7655f

SHA-1:
13aabbe3c69dba993f0b742557bd24434004f9d5

SHA-256:
431e96749587395756ea8f46ba34277281ddfc1434fb2418adf60bb78bb58ef0

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:
4/20/2024 2:39:49 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.Bundler (M)
16.4.30.13

File size:
4.8 MB (5,031,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 6:59:59 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:
5/14/2014 10:02:54 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:wUPfLDm+1brzYEdpR9mgn7b6i8qqTOIO6H2rfO6jfU4CqXb8b/4bj:vfLDN9

Entry address:
0x1DA9B

Entry point:
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Code size:
200 KB (204,800 bytes)

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