setup.exe

7-Zip

Install Assistant

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 setup.exe by Install Assistant 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 Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from wx7vt4e26f.downspeed-win.com.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
b889583bcfe92d84a09ce46bb9e8b8e0

SHA-1:
036997fe32c379b9945fbc98d7b0acbd805ed3e1

SHA-256:
7cea208ca6c84b18f555c93e6546c7d064a1929019afd63dcf1491d4bc13a59d

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/21/2024 1:02:00 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallAssistant.Installer (M)
16.2.25.2

File size:
1.1 MB (1,177,256 bytes)

Product version:
9.20

Copyright:
Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov

Original file name:
7z.sfx.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

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

Serial number:
4E090F2BEB8BB7774642F664E353CA58

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 8:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:FWvknOMEdfyu3knjxuvVA0LsEhMONQHH8lgRUg/13Kjorl5lnfF:FUeOMcfyu3knjxMA0TM8QHHXUCcop5ld

Entry address:
0x1D262

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 6A, FF, 68, 20, 1E, 42, 00, 68, 5C, D2, 41, 00, 64, A1, 00, 00, 00, 00, 50, 64, 89, 25, 00, 00, 00, 00, 83, EC, 68, 53, 56, 57, 89, 65, E8, 33, DB, 89, 5D, FC, 6A, 02, FF, 15, 04, 11, 42, 00, 59, 83, 0D, 90, BD, 42, 00, FF, 83, 0D, 94, BD, 42, 00, FF, FF, 15, 00, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 70, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, FF, 15, FC, 10, 42, 00, 8B, 0D, 6C, 9D, 42, 00, 89, 08, A1, 64, 11, 42, 00, 8B, 00, A3, 8C, BD, 42, 00, E8, 1C, 01, 00, 00, 39, 1D, 20, 7A, 42, 00, 75, 0C, 68, EA, D3, 41, 00, FF, 15, 0C, 11...
 
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Entropy:
6.9579

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0

Code size:
126.5 KB (129,536 bytes)

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

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