laura_pausini_-_strani_amori_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 laura_pausini_-_strani_amori_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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dd.simple-files.com.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1, 0, 34, 1

MD5:
040efcb5fcbfcfaf2ef35e531f557bcc

SHA-1:
3fa1851b509cb94ad86fcaaed3f18de943f3af78

SHA-256:
4f84b7727294481ddc03dcbb03bea71e84f2439c578bff1eb7f5b9e1935eb4a8

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:
4/23/2024 11:16:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.Technolo.Bundler (M)
16.7.4.20

File size:
3.1 MB (3,211,320 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\laura_pausini_-_strani_amori_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/3/2012 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/4/2014 2:59:59 AM

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:
7/7/2014 6:07:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:qSuRtGx6q8HBBoeqRHpT3tlC0GMdnKiF6GcO9Y79HbKY9t1adUESb+vHTWZQVLF:qVoGBoPZGOKiFBYZH/t1WUbeaZQVLF

Entry address:
0x35D280

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 46, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F9, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.7263

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
2.9 MB (3,088,384 bytes)

The file laura_pausini_-_strani_amori_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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