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pdf4free-setup.exe

Cash Buyer Media

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 pdf4free-setup.exe by Cash Buyer Media has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. While running, it connects to the Internet address hwcdn.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Cash Buyer Media  (signed and verified)

MD5:
dc7b7ea59a215533014306466c691316

SHA-1:
1f0aae18934f3f8841866ce14bb871d1466c9373

SHA-256:
30c98e07aaf713d1599684cf3ba7998c1bcbc25c793035a15ce8b9040a60dffd

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
5/4/2024 1:04:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.A
5627563

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DownloadAdmin
2015.06.03

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/DownloadAdmin.P
8.3.1.6

Arcabit
Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.A
1.0.0.425

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader.GCT
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.A
1.0.20.765

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Downloadadmin
0.98/20540

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.DownloadAdmin.DAGL
22316

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.74
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin
10.0.0.5366

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAdmin.I potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/S-8649671e
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin
5.14.151

G Data
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin
15.6.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.204.16114

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.DownloadAdmin
v2015.06.02.03

MicroWorld eScan
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.A
16.0.0.459

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.XPACK.dprfbr
0.30.24.1636

Norman
Dropped:Application.Bundler.DownloadAdmin.A
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.CashBuyerMedia
15.6.2.15

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.TNECKHC
37.1.62.1

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
40552

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.239245
2.0.0.2201

File size:
651.1 KB (666,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pdf4free-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cash Buyer Media

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
2/4/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/5/2016 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Cash Buyer Media, O=Cash Buyer Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
16225050F02F98DCFD5828F7D2C7CD45

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 1:35:11 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:UKCFG+pl1Hp7p4ZkuRt4Zh3UdOxouSdWE7uglrB/jmN7Trkfcn+zgk:U3Xxp4Zkuf47kdtdZ7uC/jmlrDn+zgk

Entry address:
0x234A

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 78, 73, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, E8, F8, FD, FF, FF, FF, 15, 30, 77, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, C0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 2C, 77, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 98, 3D, 42, 00, E8, DD, F9, FF, FF, 53, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, A3, A0, 3C, 42, 00, 8D, 44, 24, 38, 50, 53, 68, 0B, 74, 40, 00, FF, 15, 50, 71, 40, 00, 68, 00, 74, 40, 00, 68, A0, 34, 42, 00, E8, 5A, F3, FF, FF, FF, 15, BC, 70, 40, 00, 50, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 57...
 
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Entropy:
7.9729

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to st-sh-us-dc1-002.s.dss.vg  (208.91.197.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-53-91.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.53.91:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-53-79.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.53.79:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-230-52-104.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.230.52.104:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-55-167.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.55.167:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to server-54-192-54-80.jfk6.r.cloudfront.net  (54.192.54.80:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to s3-1.amazonaws.com  (54.231.13.16:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hwcdn.net  (69.16.175.42:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-208-23-129.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (54.208.23.129:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-74-8-216.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.74.8.216:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-67-243-26.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.67.243.26:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-50-75-27.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.50.75.27:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a23-0-160-67.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.0.160.67:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a1plpkivs-v03.any.prod.ash1.secureserver.net  (72.167.239.239:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to a173-223-204-131.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (173.223.204.131:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 50.22.63.138-static.reverse.softlayer.com  (50.22.63.138:80)

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