michelle_williams_ft_beyonce,_kelly_rowland_-_say_yes_--_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

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 michelle_williams_ft_beyonce,_kelly_rowland_-_say_yes_--_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited 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 dn.yourfiledownloader.net.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 238, 1

MD5:
3d22feb43edd5d91b3d44983fc835ce6

SHA-1:
4e788affa51664b3bfba554a040855f2232b04d5

SHA-256:
4d39387afecf7e48da799d63b25e684093d9a38798327a44f20e6e13911dd7b9

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:
4/19/2024 11:14:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.3.27.23

File size:
2.5 MB (2,592,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.net (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\michelle_williams_ft_beyonce,_kelly_rowland_-_say_yes_--_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 6:59:59 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:
9/2/2014 9:02:50 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:reXp0zBjA9RDp1Y7dLgJ6RLDPGI+4RN4WuD4J0buO8FYT4eKfUiX5pibmM:reXp0Ns9RDp1ydLgJ6RLad4RtuD4J+RB

Entry address:
0x2FAAF0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, F5, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 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...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
2.3 MB (2,424,832 bytes)

The file michelle_williams_ft_beyonce,_kelly_rowland_-_say_yes_--_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.