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malwarebytes_setup.exe

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Software Assistant

The application malwarebytes_setup.exe by Software Assistant has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downloadme.co.

File name:

Publisher:

Software Assistant (signed and verified)

Product:

Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

Version:

3.0.0.156

MD5:

5ca55269942eacaa0d99fbc9077905ad

SHA-1:

5149fde7ccf9f87e0042d9d5357eb24f2d40bd82

SHA-256:

20e9c668c86d8de116bcceffe259339b69741c4d2c24168ce77756df2e46de69

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Potentially unwanted

Explanation:

Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Analysis date:

5/9/2024 10:58:31 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Vittalia (M)

16.7.27.18

File size:

1.1 MB (1,144,176 bytes)

Product version:

3.0.0.156

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Software Assistant

Authority:

Symantec Corporation

Valid from:

5/16/2016 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/17/2017 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Software Assistant, O=Software Assistant, L=Newark, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

5E20963D8600576BB605A10CBE45F3D8

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

1/30/2013 2:21:56 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:pxGzntiWYANISzOLrVVrr2o5lsVlGEGpDwdkPH1uTFEJakx+xc:iztSxuOLrVB5ls+NnfuEJakR

Entry address:

0x113BC

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, A4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, C4, 89, 45, C0, 89, 45, A4, 89, 45, D0, 89, 45, C8, 89, 45, CC, 89, 45, D4, 89, 45, D8, 89, 45, EC, B8, 2C, 00, 41, 00, E8, E8, 51, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 9E, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 5A, 1A, 41, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 48, 5B, 41, 00, E8, 16, D8, FF, FF, E8, 65, D3, FF, FF, 80, 3D, DC, 2A, 41, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 2B, D9, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, 80, 32, FF, FF, 8D, 55, EC, 33, C0, E8, E2, A3, FF, FF, 8B, 55, EC, B8, 50, 86... 
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Entropy:

6.9737

Developed / compiled with:

Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:

65.5 KB (67,072 bytes)

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

http://download.downloadme.co/v2/click/45ee037c/?d=https://downloads.malwarebytes.org/file/mbam_current/&n=Malwarebytes Anti-Malware&key=9b7efd232a29ddb1a7795c66c4a58f6f8ff2fa02ab5199020256b181469755b1&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://downloadme.co/.../malwarebytes.png&sid=malwarebytes&filename=Malwarebytes_Setup

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