YourFileDownloaderInstaller.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 file YourFileDownloaderInstaller.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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from dll513.yfdownloader.com.
Publisher:
http://yourfile-downloader.com  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFileDownloader Installer

Version:
1, 0, 509, 1

MD5:
8b1f7329d8a34c8709a8fe9af2dbbc51

SHA-1:
236c02f452f620438243fd88952adefedabc18fd

SHA-256:
085974ef9a0cee59b172e4989bcce6fe67b5d3c7f0f7b1bcd76e4188e3858bda

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 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:
5/16/2024 9:48:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Via Advertising.ViaAdver.Bundler (M)
16.3.20.9

File size:
3.7 MB (3,835,624 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

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

Original file name:
YourFileDownloaderInstaller.exe

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
English

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\5jyq6hlhzd.tmp

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
4/12/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/12/2016 1:59:59 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:
1/24/2015 12:55:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
98304:74uZhR5BEC9PNyGQylE3g+Q/k0PBWgtWL59+P:7PZKAPN6yQRQ/RP7tWL5UP

Entry address:
0x453E26

Entry point:
9C, 60, C7, 44, 24, 20, D6, BA, 54, B3, 68, 5E, 2E, D6, 2E, E9, 17, A9, FE, FF, 00, 00, 53, 48, 43, 68, 61, 6E, 67, 65, 4E, 6F, 74, 69, 66, 79, 00, 68, 75, FA, ED, D3, F8, 60, D3, E0, C7, 04, 24, 16, BC, AA, 9B, FF, 74, 24, 08, 9C, E9, A7, 29, 04, 00, F3, 77, BF, 44, 1D, 9A, EE, 3C, E5, 95, C9, 4B, 6F, FB, EC, 5C, 20, 81, 48, D6, 98, 8E, D4, DC, 8D, AA, BB, 9C, 5D, 41, 89, FC, C1, B0, F5, 7A, AA, 53, AA, 7A, 62, B3, FA, 21, B7, AB, B2, 04, 4B, 4D, 54, 95, 72, 17, B1, 00, D1, EA, 9B, 4E, 26, CF, 65, 69, AA...
 
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Entropy:
7.9011  (probably packed)

Code size:
786 KB (804,864 bytes)

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

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