home

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 network.adsmarket.com.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
4acc098baff4a7720f5364d97cae7b48

SHA-1:
d02f859865fb45c54531032572f5c93aa7c33b8c

SHA-256:
529846d7f9de2e3e283915ffd5f39923e261c803d515e100444462cee4982acb

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:
4/18/2024 11:57:20 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallAssistant.Installer (M)
16.1.25.9

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
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
6/20/2015 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/20/2016 6:59:59 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 10:27:33 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:JWvknOMEdso1DVHs5l9Ss79cY35xh68u7k1lNWqRxHfyzrp1fV:JUeOMc71Bq9Ss79Dp68u7k12cHqzrp19

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:
6.9577

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.

http://network.adsmarket.com/.../iWhvm2acqZWLaW-bX8p6w4iQa5heoXqXiWKYmmCkgpSJkGqXYZ57lbdqbp5joXs?dp=0B1n8zedTYzRuC3QICCYgoLflJA7j8GHweAAp_He5id9dLd0Ns5pNuIlOtnbiTq-_f9zyEwDnvGrxqDCfWY-6eaFL83RlJxDpysb1_DvAIZ1P9AqDIycA4uuKiy-oLhoj1peGW5vGz8soJiARVZ4xkU2Pfw3DqjrV6CTUNySJ1e_MZavdxm-KSBKdMpiv_dhX8-FRMutmBc9ka6UpQwBXl_FwYaFP17eBVxZ-X30mAgEkqsCNgR09tHPmMCRPzK_AXcEUhRaCVGVc81YpJZxu79Y9_6lt353mqRy9itOZzHNE9q0pwECuLtonef2-mPaFCTNg6c-q7bgwczJR09tGyF5JLHvB52CVU4czCjOFagjGG8Gn-6TV5MBTAxyN2aaYW9kYOf_Yg6hsKyFLhhC8tV1MNiDjfcDuZTnFjv_nRSYHlwnCqRPObbMYi0U8cqVtbqOJZHck_fyC1pAJ-rxl60ONQ

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