simplefilesdoqppqp1li.exe

SimpleFiles Installer

Technology Island, Inc.

This is the Via Advertising bundle installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application simplefilesdoqppqp1li.exe by Technology Island has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. It is set to automatically execute when any user logs into Windows (through the local user run registry setting) with the name ‘SimpleFiles Installer Starter’.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1, 0, 34, 1

MD5:
010d01022005be70ae026bfea958da3f

SHA-1:
8f45ebe42a4f07a0b8fa770decf73c73bb18e654

SHA-256:
2329b341fc0dde1828bb3e972b7c626c0033e8588e02f70491e0e581973959cd

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/20/2024 1:00:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Trojan-gen
140617-1

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3386

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.J potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.6.1.0

McAfee
Program.Artemis!010D01022005
16.8.708.2

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Startup.TechnologyIsland.V
14.7.29.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4925438
31208

File size:
3.1 MB (3,235,944 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://simple-files.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
SimpleFilesInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\simplefilesdoqppqp1li.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/3/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/4/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Technology Island, Inc.", O="Technology Island, Inc.", STREET="1740 H Dell Range Blvd #281", L=Cheyenne, S=Wyoming, PostalCode=82009, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C4B79CE2BFD68D5C070C51E7F2C237C5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/7/2014 5:07:49 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:6SuRtGx6q8HBBoeqRHpT3tlC0GMdnKiF6GcO9Y79HbKY9t1adUESb+vHTWZQVLb:6VoGBoPZGOKiFBYZH/t1WUbeaZQVLb

Entry address:
0x35D280

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, C0, 46, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 50, F9, FF, 57, EB, 0B, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89, C5, EB, 0B, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B...
 
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Entropy:
7.7294

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.24

Code size:
2.9 MB (3,088,384 bytes)

Startup File (All Users Run)
Registry location:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Name:
SimpleFiles Installer Starter

Command:
"C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\simplefilesdoqppqp1li.exe" -startup


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