watch-movies-online-for-free-movie-at-movie2k.to_downloader.exe

YourFileDownloader Installer

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 watch-movies-online-for-free-movie-at-movie2k.to_downloader.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited 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 YourFile Downloader installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dn.yourfiledownloader.com.
Publisher:
http://yourfile-downloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 465, 1

MD5:
8b836e6a70e0dedf2933830d2d6f1ce9

SHA-1:
ce8cb707401cae770c95339764865c98890fd1c6

SHA-256:
685439af85edebfd4077cf3787646360f3a283717019358357e84098c4f68340

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 9:49:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising (M)
16.7.20.14

File size:
3.7 MB (3,873,440 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfile-downloader.com (C) 2014

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\watch-movies-online-for-free-movie-at-movie2k.to_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 8:59:59 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:
12/17/2014 12:55:31 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:jQ304Q8ouPA8aGX+IX4c8qDI/HmGFMNZbRj/Ct5u:j+9Q8o8vPNX4c5UVFMNFRjau

Entry address:
0x71BC43

Entry point:
55, 68, AE, 34, 2F, 27, C7, 44, 24, 04, FD, AA, AC, 13, 60, C7, 44, 24, 20, 7B, 26, C1, 25, 60, 8D, 64, 24, 40, E9, 06, E8, 00, 00, E9, C7, 5F, A4, 9A, F4, 3A, 0A, 1A, 12, B3, A9, 6B, D0, B6, 9E, EE, 75, D5, 52, 0A, 95, C3, 45, EB, 21, 37, E3, 5B, E7, 96, B4, BF, 92, 82, 7D, 86, 68, 5E, E1, 4F, 9B, DB, 55, 7B, AB, 80, C5, 55, 07, F1, 79, BC, 4F, 88, 69, E3, DB, EB, 05, 77, B6, DA, 64, 84, 03, 1B, 3C, F4, 43, 05, 8F, C7, 40, E6, A0, 86, B6, 28, C6, F4, DA, 22, 6F, 7B, C4, 48, 90, EF, 29, C1, 22, 82, 0B, E4...
 
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Entropy:
7.9026  (probably packed)

Code size:
785 KB (803,840 bytes)

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