installer_winrar_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_winrar_english.exe by Vittalia Limited has been detected as adware by 16 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as WinRAR archiver but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c57250da1a40f0f67b655b86dbdbc58b

SHA-1:
229a0cbaf9f4aa63d086802c4ccfc461a240962c

SHA-256:
6ff053ab1772518753c29fe80b55153d614c1b19940bdfde97c57ae1aa7ed833

Scanner detections:
16 / 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:
5/5/2024 7:03:38 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.182.206

AVG
InstallC
2015.0.3302

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.PM
19978

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26758
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
11/3/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13866

Malwarebytes
v2014.11.03.01

McAfee
Adware-DomaIQ
5600.6958

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcwlwu
0.28.6.62995

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.2d7
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VittaliaLimited.Y
14.11.3.1

Trend Micro House Call
Suspici.2B1358E1
7.2.307

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
34232

File size:
862.8 KB (883,496 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

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

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 12:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 11:59:59 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 11:52:12 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:irVf02a5YLjPvrzdeyfr+rPG21+/WNJTva:407YN3firzgkVa

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:
7.9891

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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