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installer_vlc_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_vlc_english.exe by Vittalia Limited has been detected as adware by 13 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 the VideoLAN VLC media player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
22bb00f4954eebd66e4b2c82f8f075b4

SHA-1:
6c8f41af79ed3b08bf6fa2242017f1d19bd05d08

SHA-256:
62d46c85d55dc4fb5ca2018f856e6ec5d7428dcb8d956a279bd197d261bf350c

Scanner detections:
13 / 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:
5/4/2024 12:03:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.202.56

AVG
InstallC
2016.0.3226

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26758
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
multiple threats
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-e1f5299c
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore.CZ
15.1.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14671

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ
5600.6882

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dddwsv
0.30.0.64448

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.VittaliaLimited
15.1.17.16

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

File size:
857.8 KB (878,352 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

Common path:
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\downloads\installer_vlc_english.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vittalia Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 2:59:59 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:
12/6/2009 1:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:mgjUCSn3S+NhWndolB5DDPZfJfdz541+/WNJTvo:t/doDBBJFz54gkVo

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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Entropy:
7.9892

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://mediaplayer7.descargar.es/.../down.php?p=ADCASH&trckid=6300543371402952800

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