web_of_spider_man_vol_2_(1_12_usa)_downloader.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 web_of_spider_man_vol_2_(1_12_usa)_downloader.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 will display context specific advertisements in the browser as well as attempt to modify the browser's search provider.
Publisher:
Technology Island, Inc.  (signed and verified)

Product:
SimpleFiles Installer

Version:
1.0.0.1

MD5:
4267a74ee2f70a8f9705be2c4f2eb4d3

SHA-1:
dca598a5982aa94b549c2bb1579d095eb06ebb86

SHA-256:
28bd11a0674146d6521c35ca73083f069af5a0f82c094b42d8509de16b9fbcea

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer may include an offer for the Babylon Toolbar (a homepage/search hijacker), which is potentially installed with minimal user consent.

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 9:18:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
6289612

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150330

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3154

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
1.0.20.445

Dr.Web
Threat.Undefined
9.0.1.089

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/ExpressDownloader.J potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy
5.13.68

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.4.16

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.184.13741

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.ExpressFiles.A
v2015.03.30.04

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
16.0.0.267

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Babylon.dffshm
0.28.2.62841

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Kazy.462844
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Via Advertising
15.3.30.16

Sophos
Go For Files
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4925438
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Black.Win32.23484
2.0.0.2121

File size:
3.6 MB (3,751,816 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:\users\{user}\downloads\web_of_spider_man_vol_2_(1_12_usa)_downloader.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/2/2012 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/3/2014 4:59:59 PM

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:
5/6/2014 3:52:58 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:z7BlLzGz8F0k6mJSs2wH1q0qVsKu/yCR85MB0:z7Bl2z20p6Ss2C1iVtu/yu8iB0

Entry address:
0x2AEC3

Entry point:
E8, E7, A2, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 18, FA, 48, 00, E8, B7, 10, 00, 00, E8, 3B, 5A, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 7A, A2, 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, 15, 6C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.8295  (probably packed)

Code size:
481 KB (492,544 bytes)

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