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SimpleFilesInstaller.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 SimpleFilesInstaller.exe by Technology Island has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.simple-files.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1, 0, 34, 1

MD5:
46f51b1e1c6d37b430cb74fb20e42a3f

SHA-1:
7b1875cc49c1950a09847606cf8bd1ef84a6ec33

SHA-256:
5096f8c05a136dded8a80fc41681bb10165e5679f2908f95a1b13f3b739dbb2b

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/16/2024 10:00:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Malware-gen
2014.9-140814

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3382

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.J potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of installer.exe (Adware)
2014.10.30.5

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.7.5.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.3025

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!8D0566C7E800
5600.7038

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TechnologyIsland.U
14.8.14.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4925438
32210

File size:
3.1 MB (3,210,208 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}\downloads\simplefilesinstaller.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Technology Island, Inc.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/2/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/3/2014 4:59:59 PM

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 8:07:49 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
11.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:gSuRtGx6q8HBBoeqRHpT3tlC0GMdnKiF6GcY80zqwmxyX404e43CiIk+5bbX2QEA:gVoGBoPZGOKiFDhq9D+LDb6sqw

Entry address:
0x35D240

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:
7.7265

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

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

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

http://www.simple-files.com/installer.exe

http://simple-files.com/installer.exe

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