setup_3.exe

Internet Explorer

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_3.exe by Install Assistant has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer.
Publisher:
Install Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
Internet Explorer

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
9740e7b4a2720029085aca7157a895a0

SHA-1:
ff241b4b1a55633dc5520c733ad2d000636f5d6a

SHA-256:
347ffe3029f780f97da1466c94f375bea73485069e3d518cfe9586e27e32893c

Scanner detections:
8 / 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:
4/24/2024 1:52:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2015.03.27

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
7.11.30.172

AVG
Potentially harmful program DownloadAssistant.A
2014.0.4311

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.30
9.0.1.086

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownloadHelper.dpgylc
0.30.8.659

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Vittalia
15.4.2.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15325

File size:
844.7 KB (864,936 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.88

Copyright:
(c) Install Assistant

Original file name:
Internet Explorer Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\programs\setup_3.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/9/2015 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 3:59:59 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:
22447A22A7271728A9B013CFD533476D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/22/2015 9:33:12 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:lZ1NUkXIJTpK3VU02diEwU8ucexGt5JEa42F8XLDbptUY3b17:5NTIJi0e7uSjPY/UY3b17

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0610

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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