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petticoat_discipline_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 petticoat_discipline_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 dll513.yfdownloader.com.

File name:

Publisher:

http://yourfile-downloader.com (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:

YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:

1, 0, 509, 1

MD5:

b27f4f7bf22fdc46f29f1b6df7c74500

SHA-1:

abb7b676fb5328a2f77a84ee66ba7151f85d5425

SHA-256:

13821526566960cbf4abf8b608b66126e87f2cc6e7e37df6ca8d5070aba8aaa7

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:

5/16/2024 8:33:31 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdvertisingGroup.Bundler (M)

16.2.28.8

File size:

3.9 MB (4,137,512 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0.1

Original file name:

YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

YourFile Downloader

Language:

English

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\petticoat_discipline_downloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/11/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

4/11/2016 6:59:59 PM

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:

1/23/2015 5:55:09 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

49152:WjuYJoT0BwCG2stpD0skLI+XCKUsiDviV8f4J0hbECcv5lKo/I98hO212XK+XsDT:hYJoNCgWJyKUsgF4JQRA/SE32VXZF0zf

Entry address:

0x4A15EE

Entry point:

9C, E9, 08, 2F, FA, FF, F8, 30, D0, 01, FE, E8, 43, 2F, FA, FF, 8A, A3, 66, 64, 39, 1F, AB, 7D, 7F, B2, 5B, E1, A3, 92, 6F, D9, 22, 1D, B1, 91, 7C, CB, 2B, 0E, D2, 6E, 0A, 20, BA, 8B, 16, 1C, 8B, A7, 3D, 05, 38, ED, F7, 1F, 79, 8D, 3E, FF, D5, 68, 4E, EF, 15, 63, 51, 55, 01, 14, 25, C8, 84, E8, 99, A8, 60, E1, 73, 33, 45, 3F, 6C, 28, 04, F5, 0D, 2F, 11, 50, F2, FD, 45, 34, BA, 67, F8, 42, 76, 82, 65, 50, 7C, 72, 40, B9, 5C, C3, 52, DB, A5, 5E, 9A, 95, 53, F2, CF, 99, 6C, 28, B3, 0C, 85, 67, 21, C2, CC, F3... 
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Entropy:

7.9120 (probably packed)

Code size:

786 KB (804,864 bytes)

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

http://dll513.yfdownloader.com/j5G1UnbEoFhp1bkUbtGiIGfMuS58pf8/Zfnseyj61Gov/9RiBKOcOU w0G4a6MVVG zTF1OSjQVTlqIGXtUyVUqeZBEkmWokMo19GnfAN AilXbsbzE//zJ3Quc1e1WuKmRA9gZjR/4SOk7wBz5Fxx1DVsgHTk3ZDxlt6lxaJNIScybb61Mi5OhbcI sTDWw0VUl qBwaOWkd23hq39Z/axqELb9OAiozmld5pJhENKfbEPfhFVAitBdTdeKWLeRjFjmzvEVvsvwRquKq0XSS gQ8jq37r9ot/CgIuuu0WGx6NB0ls/.../3 wjdvfpeCH073kt Q==

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