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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 4 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from iaarghrlo3.now-download-quicksoft.com.
Publisher:
Igor Pavlov  (signed by Install Assistant)

Product:
7-Zip

Description:
7z SFX

Version:
9.20

MD5:
cb787e4d1aeaed7bb8f618ad9bf8f947

SHA-1:
ea9022bda7bd634433fdc97ddf6c79ae70e8aae4

SHA-256:
4d83f69d6aeb75fbb5fdb0593ae164857bc1a9daa24e81fc2d01821285e9ff92

Scanner detections:
4 / 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:
5/15/2024 9:17:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.1474
9.0.1.045

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.C potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallAssistant.Installer (M)
16.2.14.20

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.5223509
46020

File size:
1.1 MB (1,178,784 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:
12/2/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/2/2016 12:59:59 AM

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:
08E92E5C80AD2907C83D98EDED9100D6

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/18/2010 5:27:33 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:kWvknOMEdCz1J9W6Eu0xb52ZXpT5sXQrOCN9Gck8frMXsMs0xbAN0Of:kUeOMcCBtKxbmX3zGioXCQUNz

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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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://iaarghrlo3.now-download-quicksoft.com/d/click/.../?uid=uid&sid=w7G4NI2SH2VD4KKQ0EUR89V8&filename=Setup

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