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keyfinder_setup.exe

SterJo Key Finder

Install Helper

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 keyfinder_setup.exe by Install Helper 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.sterjosoft.com.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
SterJo Key Finder

Version:
3.0.0.104

MD5:
206b84381e3b48a77dd1ae80eaaac887

SHA-1:
bfebea7cad53d300950007bea75a7c662449efd1

SHA-256:
0e248f6c8059ee6a4f5840d139eb5713b2445e382772990df925ebbd174c656b

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:
5/15/2025 6:28:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.7.25.8

File size:
960.6 KB (983,680 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.104

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
keyfinder_setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\keyfinder_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
5/20/2015 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/20/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
0575634D1B3373331074EB7C4751AB12

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/2/2015 9:29:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:Zh9CTnwFEQOnpIe9c4JZWDRXBQspn/BjLT2uF1c1iX+/qG:XMbwFmFK4AN/g17qG

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 10, 49, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
574 KB (587,776 bytes)

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

http://download.sterjosoft.com/v2/click/99wbimvk/?affiliate_image=http://www.sterjosoft.com/screenshots/icon_keyfinder.png&d=http://www.sterjosoft.com/download/keyfinder_setup.exe&filename=keyfinder_setup&key=cd1b08ff86e71910a0e71df561b57567d3eaaca62b1ee42df3d3b021accfb9f9&n=SterJo Key Finder&product_image=http://www.sterjosoft.com/.../inst_keyfinder.png&sid=&uid=&uao=TW96aWxsYS81LjAgKFdpbmRvd3MgTlQgNi4xKSBBcHBsZVdlYktpdC81MzcuMzYgKEtIVE1MLCBsaWtlIEdlY2tvKSBDaHJvbWUvNDMuMC4yMzU3LjgxIFNhZmFyaS81MzcuMzY_

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