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uninstall.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 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. This is the uninstaller utility registered in the Windows Control Panel for the program SimpleFiles Update Service by http://simple-files.com. 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:
66741f92a7c31e76da23d20ff11e25ef

SHA-1:
c96f9a1241be82bb3018c5cb67c3b5c75c2c96c2

SHA-256:
67c7cbc2e128e0799780980ef97779d00ea21aaf4f9287ebaebbb2b76961603b

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/19/2024 10:37:25 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]
2014.9-160212

AVG
Generic
2017.0.2836

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
1.0.20.215

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.043

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
8.16.02.12.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.J potentially unwanted application
10.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
11.2016-12-02_6

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
17.0.0.129

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.dffshm
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
11.20160212

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.TechnologyIsland.Bundler (M)
16.2.12.7

Sophos
PUA 'Go For Files'
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4925438
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.TDSS.Win32.42343
2.0.0.2033

File size:
2.9 MB (3,073,600 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 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/4/2014 6:59:59 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:
6/5/2014 6:06:38 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:mizlz8qHpmyy0QGXe5gOEzuis3k+wHevM4Ow+D/aX9z8bx2D:mizmqHpm3Rh0uistwHeUVnDaa12D

Entry address:
0x52672

Entry point:
E8, 28, 0A, 01, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, D0, 62, 4A, 00, E8, 38, 99, 00, 00, E8, 91, 46, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, BB, 09, 01, 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, F0, C5, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7255  (probably packed)

Code size:
551.5 KB (564,736 bytes)

Program Uninstaller
Program name:
SimpleFiles Update Service

Display publisher:
http://simple-files.com

Display version:
15.14.25

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


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