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lara-george_downloader.exe

SimpleFiles Installer

Technology Island, Inc.

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 lara-george_downloader.exe by Technology Island 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 YourFile Downloader installer.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1, 0, 10, 1

MD5:
2d02de6029d2e76b0280c22e92272c3c

SHA-1:
46a74af0d58af33aa6f0a117dd8671c1cc5c0519

SHA-256:
09c71218df83d43284053db9f5cd7ba274391e7f7c7f6ade09919481e8ec2920

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/25/2024 4:17:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.TechnologyIsland.Bundler (M)
16.2.5.12

File size:
3 MB (3,135,760 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://simple-files.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
SimpleFilesInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\lara-george_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Technology Island, Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/2/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/3/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Technology Island, Inc.", O="Technology Island, Inc.", STREET="1740 H Dell Range Blvd #281", L=Cheyenne, S=Wyoming, PostalCode=82009, C=US

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

Serial number:
00C4B79CE2BFD68D5C070C51E7F2C237C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/27/2014 8:13:55 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:q1TXMA6sHLl60eGXe5gOEzQ7kpwW0wHevM4Ow+D/aX9z8bx2V:qdp6srGRh0Q7gSwHeUVnDaa12V

Entry address:
0x55619

Entry point:
E8, A6, 0B, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, A2, 4A, 00, E8, 31, 99, 00, 00, E8, B9, 46, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 39, 0B, 01, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, E9, C5, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7158  (probably packed)

Code size:
564 KB (577,536 bytes)

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