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 15 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download Minecraft but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
609bfa48a7881f0514fab77dbcda8168

SHA-1:
2c9bbb7c40452919408b3a9bf8ddc9a9ee0843df

SHA-256:
1594768f76a31b34ec456d57df72f3b37ab322a3eb4d3533883d45e39f0634dc

Scanner detections:
15 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
5/17/2024 9:43:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.155.100

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26758
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OY potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
6/18/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.6.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712436

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.InstallCore
15.0.0.463

Malwarebytes
v2014.06.18.07

McAfee
Artemis!DE8280FEAF67
5600.7096

Quick Heal
AdWare.InstallCore.r8 (Not a Virus)
6.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VittaliaLimited.BB
14.6.12.9

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.7895382D
7.2.169

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782551
29708

File size:
788.2 KB (807,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
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:
12/5/2009 11:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LUUO52sPS0bR72DrMts2JXXmJvDb0Sq80YrhqTcPT0e88l4Nscd041+aWWNJRtvE:LUusRa2tHmJ9q80qm8ss61+/WNJTvE

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, 1C, 45, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, 1B, 45, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 37, 43, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, DB, 44, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, A0, 47, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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