jessica_lea_mayfield_-_make_my_head_sing__downloader.exe

YourFile Downloader

Via Advertising Group Limited

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application jessica_lea_mayfield_-_make_my_head_sing__downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 293

MD5:
5dfa8aa7ab099ef6e8f3d8f361d26b6e

SHA-1:
52e0525fcb5bc0665778d896b091ee0914499018

SHA-256:
115f6755225eb64d7c70d411f49c50d90a00b08ec2235bb5ea12ce6392c053f9

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

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:
4/26/2024 2:29:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/YFDownload.A
7.11.182.78

avast!
Win32:Downloader-UEO [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Adware Generic_r.LA
2014.0.4040

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/ExpressFiles.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13853

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.YourFileDownloader
v2014.10.30.10

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.dffshm
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ViaAdvertisingGroupLimited.GG
14.10.29.12

Sophos
YourFile Downloader
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758264
34232

File size:
6 MB (6,318,152 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.com (C) 2012

Original file name:
YourFile.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\jessica_lea_mayfield_-_make_my_head_sing__downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/17/2014 5:37:20 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:15vbGz8F0k6mlnBdOt9EWJ4jfbYmmG3gCf10qlMNLwUBfJk2n8l+4:1oz20pZ9pJ4jTYT0vxeyUZmvg4

Entry address:
0x3989D

Entry point:
E8, 57, CB, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, 24, 15, 47, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 10, 5C, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 20, 9A, 43, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83...
 
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Code size:
340 KB (348,160 bytes)