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yourfileupdater.exe

YourFile Downloader

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 yourfileupdater.exe by Via Advertising Group Limited has been detected as adware by 10 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the YourFile Downloader installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler triggered to execute each time a user logs in. This file is typically installed with the program Feature Update Service (YFD) by YourFile Downloader which is a potentially unwanted software program.
Publisher:
http://yourfiledownloader.net  (signed by Via Advertising Group Limited)

Product:
YourFile Downloader

Version:
1, 0, 0, 4

MD5:
6ab31ad944de57261aae48ff0df8a9d5

SHA-1:
c56bc703cdbaeb963507a90d7c2a569001940af5

SHA-256:
f543bf5a5ccaa57a5d50547fdb5998d67c1be83b5d8dd6b94fb3a811c1a06c4b

Scanner detections:
10 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
4/16/2024 2:57:47 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Downloader-UEO [PUP]
140617-1

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.YourFileDownloader
4.0.3.14727

Boost by Reason
Optional.Task.ViaAdvertisingGroupLimited.P
188838

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.6387
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/YourFileDownloader.B potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Application.ExpressDownloader
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Expressdownloader
t3scan.1.7.5.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Task.ViaAdvertisingGroupLimited.P
14.8.8.3

Sophos
Go For Files
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4758264
31208

File size:
381.1 KB (390,256 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.0.1

Copyright:
Copyright http://yourfiledownloader.net (C) 2012

Original file name:
YourFile.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
YourFile Downloader

Language:
Russian (Russia)

Common path:
C:\Program Files\yourfiledownloader updater\yourfileupdater.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Via Advertising Group Limited

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:
7/26/2014 8:17:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zddWy3FPA9Un5u8uhSNnxNAH8XZuadpZuFw4d:5hFPA9Un52gj1RuF/

Entry address:
0x5BAF

Entry point:
E8, 32, 4E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 38, 23, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 98, 21, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 68, 86, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 64, 86, 41, 00, 89, 15, 60, 86, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 5C, 86, 41, 00, 89, 35, 58, 86, 41, 00, 89, 3D...
 
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Code size:
68 KB (69,632 bytes)

Scheduled Task
Task name:
YourFile DownloaderUpdate

Trigger:
Logon (Runs on logon)


The file yourfileupdater.exe has been discovered within the following programs.

Feature Update Service (YFD)  by YourFile Downloader
Installed with the YourFileDownloader program.
www.yourfiledownloader.com
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The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-3-176-101.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.3.176.101:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-201-97-156.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.201.97.156:443)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to ec2-52-55-195-249.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (52.55.195.249:443)

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