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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 uninstall.exe by Technology Island has been detected as adware by 21 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. It will plug into the web browser and display context-based advertisements by overwriting existing ads or by inserting new ones on various web pages.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
4c88e1f5c0a00709744b95dd942a2e32

SHA-1:
0c438f18782d3347b86d9c5ed4cd38799a5407fa

SHA-256:
7a77c8c5ee34f47308ffdae886e395b53d80a93a24d84d63529c11a9c797761b

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertising in the web browser in various formats.

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:
4/19/2024 12:33:13 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
358

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/BrowseFox.aox
7.11.200.132

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
2014.9-160211

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2836

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
1.0.20.210

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.042

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
8.16.02.11.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.J potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
11.2016-11-02_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ICLoader
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13432

Microsoft Security Essentials
Threat.Undefined
1.193.2090.0

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
17.0.0.126

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.dffshm
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
11.20160211

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.TechnologyIsland.Bundler (M)
16.2.11.20

Sophos
PUA 'Go For Files'
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4925438
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.TDSS.Win32.42343
2.0.0.2033

File size:
3.1 MB (3,213,448 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:\Program Files\simplefilesupdater\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Technology Island, Inc.

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:
5/26/2014 7:13:29 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:dBb6Q1gR2Gz8F0k6mL+mPj0qVsKu/yCR85MBk:dBb6QWJz20pJmPPVtu/yu8iBk

Entry address:
0x32D12

Entry point:
E8, DD, A5, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 80, C5, 49, 00, E8, F8, 13, 00, 00, E8, 03, 5F, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 70, A5, 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, 1B, 6F, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
521 KB (533,504 bytes)

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