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uTorrent Setup.exe

uTorrent

Install Assistant

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 uTorrent Setup.exe by Install Assistant has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.downtoad.com.
Publisher:
Install Assistant  (signed and verified)

Product:
uTorrent

Version:
3.0.0.88

MD5:
af12ab085a6d6225460018428e90ce2d

SHA-1:
15c7e73b4aacc32102dd3a829373aa3b059f3bd0

SHA-256:
70ec520fce55010ece2c6bb613e93c2b36e2820b130ff2f883e150abad001c6c

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
5/14/2024 7:49:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.InstallAssistant.Installer (M)
16.3.1.20

File size:
844.7 KB (864,928 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.88

Copyright:
(c) Install Assistant

Original file name:
uTorrent Setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\utorrent setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Assistant

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
3/10/2015 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/9/2016 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Assistant, O=Install Assistant, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
22447A22A7271728A9B013CFD533476D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/20/2015 10:10:22 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:O+0Ztsy59UChZxPxFHjXiNs8+lubGsiJW+NgZYWi8/Z3D60BP1/oR0hgKAp3b/B:O+0MIZZFHFxZw/Zz6MloROg3b/B

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 90, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0601

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
478.5 KB (489,984 bytes)

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

http://download.downtoad.com/v2/click/7db5ffe9/?d=http://www.downtoad.com/1downloadfiles/utorrent.exe&n=uTorrent&key=a5435068a129835eb10045149615aaded806cb177e160dd8e0f95a186f18286d&affiliate_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/utorrent/.../installicon.png&product_image=http://www.downtoad.com/inventory/utorrent/.../installsplash.png&filename=uTorrent Setup&sid=Bing2-UK-uTorrent-

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