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 setup.exe by Cash Buyer Media 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 downloadcomp.com.
Publisher:
Cash Buyer Media  (signed and verified)

Product:
Cash Buyer Media

Version:
61.6.7.6620

MD5:
8b769906a2bb89df3a3d3bfca83d2125

SHA-1:
cd8280911afc647231f01874c72993adefa92594

SHA-256:
1f8413989d75557dde63f9948f5aa3150c454ee69d45cf293526ff72b551d2ee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 10:51:31 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
17.2.23.3

File size:
870.6 KB (891,496 bytes)

Product version:
61.6.7.6620

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.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:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
11/11/2015 1:36:38 AM

Valid to:
9/6/2016 10:41:42 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00D944FE65740A914F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/29/2014 4:26:06 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x22C6

Entry point:
E8, 45, B6, 00, 00, E9, 49, AF, 00, 00, 81, EC, 18, 02, 00, 00, 53, 8B, 9C, 24, 20, 02, 00, 00, 55, 56, 57, 8D, 44, 24, 10, 50, 33, FF, 57, 6A, 01, 53, 89, 7C, 24, 20, E8, 2B, 2C, 00, 00, 8B, 4C, 24, 20, 8B, F0, 83, C4, 10, 8D, 2C, 0E, 85, F6, 75, 1D, 53, E8, 55, 2A, 00, 00, 53, E8, 4F, 2A, 00, 00, 83, C4, 08, 8D, 47, 02, 5F, 5E, 5D, 5B, 81, C4, 18, 02, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 02, 53, E8, E6, 2A, 00, 00, 8D, 54, 24, 24, 52, 53, E8, 6B, 2C, 00, 00, 83, C4, 10, 3B, F5, 73, 20, 8D, 64, 24, 00, 8A, 16, 8D, 44, 24, 1C...
 
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Entropy:
7.9692  (probably packed)

Code size:
52.5 KB (53,760 bytes)

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

http://downloadcomp.com/track/install?source=softonic_display_fileopenerpro-GB-728x90-&adprovider=softonic&dlink=http://secure.distapp11.com/o/.../setup.exe

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