installer_vlc_portuguese.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_portuguese.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. 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:
d01492337dd4e2163823b5b11816b680

SHA-1:
90c448276cd82ff8087db1dc70e73c32a817fc21

SHA-256:
768a463524c7f5d2f397cbb570dd5f1bba535069d4f2e5a2b0633fd2661d27ff

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 2:21:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.25.18

File size:
788.3 KB (807,176 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/17/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/17/2016 8:59:59 PM

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 8:52:12 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:T0UO52sPS0bR72DrMts2JXXmJvDb0Sq80YrhqTcPT0e88l4NscLGs41+aWWNJRtR:T0usRa2tHmJ9q80qm8ssMw1+/WNJTvJ

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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