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sopcast-3.5.0.exe

Meta Installer LLC

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 sopcast-3.5.0.exe by Meta Installer has been detected as adware by 5 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. This will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider. The file has been seen being downloaded from cdn.lapartitadioggi.com.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fde8b4161d6d1781741afb413b1197a0

SHA-1:
2c46813378299040b53a3c61f6f105c3fd191eaf

SHA-256:
c578000d82899a13f6be1e831662a2410d078751328e6ab4eec04b66365cbca8

Scanner detections:
5 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

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:
5/19/2024 7:12:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.441
9.0.1.0188

ESET NOD32
Win32/Toolbar.Babylon
8.8058

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Toolbar.BABYLON
7/7/2014

Reason Heuristics
PUP.MetaInstaller.L
14.8.7.21

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.RCBH1A9
7.2.188

File size:
269.9 KB (276,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM (using Nullsoft Install System)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\sopcast-3.5.0.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Meta Installer LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
3/6/2012 6:17:45 AM

Valid to:
2/16/2013 7:59:09 PM

Subject:
CN=Meta Installer LLC, O=Meta Installer LLC, L=Wilmington, S=DE, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
043DEA1F43D249

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:We34p2COvdg3VzjiNVQVboV69ld8BUcVOCPyic40yUd:KyIjaVQVboOld8jVOYod

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

The file sopcast-3.5.0.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.lapartitadioggi.com/installers/.../sopcast-3.5.0.exe

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