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the_racketeer_downloader.exe

YourFile Downloader

Via Advertising Group Limited

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 the_racketeer_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited has been detected as adware by 11 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This file is typically installed with the program Feature Update Service (YFD) by YourFile Downloader which is a potentially unwanted software program.

File name:

Publisher:

http://yourfiledownloader.net (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:

YourFile Downloader

Version:

1, 0, 0, 293

MD5:

0787a747a66206e715b647b2c1940e66

SHA-1:

ef0cffd9affe0851d093ec8a1a19650070e79af0

SHA-256:

a56b7dd8725225d3a4bdd2e9506fda555b8136141ecfba03425219f46a7a0b32

Scanner detections:

11 / 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:

4/26/2024 7:19:56 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Downloader.Gen

7.11.165.4

avast!

Win32:Downloader-UEO [PUP]

2014.9-140729

AVG

Adware BundleApp_r

2015.0.3398

Baidu Antivirus

PUA.Win32.ExpressDownloader

4.0.3.14910

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.6444

9.0.1.0210

ESET NOD32

Win32/ExpressDownloader.I potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

G Data

Win32.Application.ExpressDownloader

14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of jyubei_oppai_anime_☆_rar_downloader.exe (Adware)

2014.9.10.5

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.Expressdownloader

t3scan.1.6.1.0

Reason Heuristics

PUP.ViaAdvertisingGroupLimited.Y

14.8.8.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4758264

31208

File size:

6.6 MB (6,966,104 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.0

Original file name:

YourFile.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

YourFile Downloader

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\the_racketeer_downloader.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Via Advertising Group Limited

Authority:

COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:

4/12/2013 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:

4/12/2016 7:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Via Advertising Group Limited, O=Via Advertising Group Limited, STREET=Boumpoulinas 11, L=Nicosia, S=Nicosia, PostalCode=1060, C=CY

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

00BABC309174F531C6762BBA466401FEAF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/26/2014 2:35:05 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

196608:qxU0d2ZYqa8pZ9pJ4jTYlQ0+A1yUZOXvgs:qxUU8pZ9pblQTosvgs

Entry address:

0x40527

Entry point:

E8, C8, F0, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, 4B, 47, 00, E8, 13, 78, 00, 00, E8, 3A, 29, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 5B, F0, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 61, B5, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8... 
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Entropy:

7.9536 (probably packed)

Code size:

374 KB (382,976 bytes)

The file the_racketeer_downloader.exe has been discovered within the following program.

Feature Update Service (YFD) by YourFile Downloader

Installed with the YourFileDownloader program.

www.yourfiledownloader.com

80% remove it

The file the_racketeer_downloader.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dn.yourfiledownloader.net/j5GRX2ebm1pl36hLb92jZXrP6HYm8O9 IvPveiPukiZ8u4g Ru3daxTynipIsZVeGuzHQUKBix9YgY8wU4w8QBibaB4mzT5Lf9J5BjqdLKU6jnThNGl61CJ9bepnMAfwMmVG/.../h6gMPxF9jPj5qxvtbSt

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