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sfa_inst.exe

Smart File Advisor

Totalpc

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application sfa_inst.exe, “Smart File Advisor Setup ” by Totalpc has been detected as adware by 6 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from mirror1.free-downloads.net and multiple other hosts.

File name:

sfa_inst.exe

Publisher:

Filefacts.net (signed by Totalpc)

Product:

Smart File Advisor

Description:

Smart File Advisor Setup

Version:

1.1.3.0

MD5:

5981d9dd09701c92647ac431df28b9cc

SHA-1:

1e1583ca6e3d477142b27f57f79f2604e79ca16e

SHA-256:

75040e5e5ccd4ff70f2178c14a9654fdf44192313b6ae28780027d404b22bc51

Scanner detections:

6 / 68

Status:

Adware

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:

4/25/2024 2:33:20 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

MalSign.Generic

2015.0.3507

ESET NOD32

Win32/SmartFileAdvisor

8.9662

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11721

McAfee

Artemis!5981D9DD0970

5600.7163

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.Totalpc.I

14.8.8.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Trojan.Win32.Generic

28194

File size:

1.1 MB (1,203,480 bytes)

Product version:

1.1.3

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\sfa_inst.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Totalpc

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

7/22/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

7/23/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Totalpc, O=Totalpc, STREET=29 Coopers Mill Avenue, STREET=Dundonald, L=Belfast, S=Antrim, PostalCode=BT161WR, C=GB

Issuer:

CN=COMODO RSA Code Signing CA, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:

00C41049E590A85A4E45F8DF4839AFAE52

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

24576:cnaJD/iUDjbis1EPCE0M5Ta1shrIAv9MCUgO+EN/M7gX9vga52C5XN6:cad6UHbis1sV0M410RaCd/EN/M7gNvWl

Entry address:

0x9C40

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, E8, CD, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, E8, CD... 
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Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file sfa_inst.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://mirror1.free-downloads.net/.../sfa_inst.exe

http://www.filefacts.net/sfa_download.php

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