uninstall.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 uninstall.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program YourFileDownloader by http://www.yourfiledownloader.com/. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 294

MD5:
d5bfbb16bb34afc3cb129af5a4fa992c

SHA-1:
915d3c504c30a7c2e0ad88ce5e87d1c242090147

SHA-256:
ab9215dc6a48c54b61749c45758c7077ca7859efc6c888973ed677b58b6f4353

Scanner detections:
28 / 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 10:35:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.589825
943

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen2
7.11.142.214

avast!
Win32:Downloader-UEO [PUP]
2014.9-140417

AVG
BundleApp_r.B
2015.0.3389

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.589825
1.0.20.935

Bkav FE
W32.Clod108.Trojan
1.3.0.4613

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.YourFileDownloader.~A
17217

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1451
9.0.1.0107

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.589825
8.14.07.06.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader (variant)
8.9118

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Fam.NB
7/6/2014

F-Secure
Adware.Generic.589825
11.2014-06-07_1

G Data
Adware.Generic.589825
14.7.22

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.7.6.14

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.ExpressDownloader.I
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.174.10588

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.YourfileDownloader
v2014.04.17.08

McAfee
Artemis!CB29C630728E
5600.7077

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.589825
15.0.0.561

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Amonetize.cvaajw
0.28.0.59048

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ViaAdvertisingGroupLimited.J
14.8.15.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Adware!6.14A5
23.00.65.14806

Sophos
YourFile Downloader
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0827
7.2.107

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.3AJH13
10.465.06

VIPRE Antivirus
Via Advertising
23908

XVirus List
Win32.Detected
2.8.15

File size:
4.3 MB (4,556,464 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.com (C) 2012

Original file name:
YourFile.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Program Files\yourfiledownloader\uninstall.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 6:59:59 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:
8/22/2013 11:16:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:hCnBdOt9EWJ4jfbY5tCEcs+pEc/qyx8X6LLX:l9pJ4jTY5tvcs+pEcwX6

Entry address:
0xE0F4

Entry point:
E8, AC, 6B, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, 55, 8B, EC, 57, 56, 8B, 75, 0C, 8B, 4D, 10, 8B, 7D, 08, 8B, C1, 8B, D1, 03, C6, 3B, FE, 76, 08, 3B, F8, 0F, 82, A0, 01, 00, 00, 81, F9, 80, 00, 00, 00, 72, 1C, 83, 3D, A4, B7, 42, 00, 00, 74, 13, 57, 56, 83, E7, 0F, 83, E6, 0F, 3B, FE, 5E, 5F, 75, 05, E9, 47, 08, 00, 00, F7, C7, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, 14, C1, E9, 02, 83, E2, 03, 83, F9, 08, 72, 29, F3, A5, FF, 24, 95, 70, E2, 40, 00, 8B, C7, BA, 03, 00, 00, 00, 83, E9, 04, 72, 0C, 83, E0, 03, 03, C8, FF, 24, 85...
 
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Code size:
110 KB (112,640 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
YourFileDownloader

Display publisher:
http://www.yourfiledownloader.com/

Display version:
1.3.6

Uninstall string:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\YourFileDownloader\uninstall.exe"


The file uninstall.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

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