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msd.exe

Meta Installer LLC

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 msd.exe by Meta Installer 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory.
Publisher:
Meta Installer LLC  (signed and verified)

MD5:
32d57b0dd8dde6e6df5fb83c5eddb172

SHA-1:
918b7286edfa133be16409347453a760337182a4

SHA-256:
8d886698712877265feb71aeffcbff3d86caeaac8a0e9a7f5b249087ec62d45e

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
6/22/2025 3:49:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia.MetaInst.Bundler (M)
16.7.12.7

File size:
393.3 KB (402,752 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\msd.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Meta Installer LLC

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
2/14/2014 3:50:51 PM

Valid to:
2/16/2015 3:59:09 PM

Subject:
CN=Meta Installer LLC, O=Meta Installer LLC, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
SERIALNUMBER=07969287, CN=Go Daddy Secure Certification Authority, OU=http://certificates.godaddy.com/repository, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
4B58F25770D36D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Su4WT66fPfdMtNQjXv69Fb1c2LhrZmfv3:GWUHIi9FbBdrZmfv3

Entry address:
0x5A048

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, B0, 9E, 45, 00, E8, 24, CD, FA, FF, 68, 84, A0, 45, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 6A, 00, 33, C9, BA, A0, A0, 45, 00, B8, D0, A0, 45, 00, E8, 40, B8, FF, FF, E8, 03, A7, FA, FF, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, 11, 00, 00, 00, 4F, 70, 75, 6C, 63, 2D, 30, 2C, 65, 61, 66, 60, 67, 65, 2D, 4B, 47, 00, 00, 00, FF, FF, FF, FF, 26, 00, 00, 00, 63, 78, 72, 74, 31, 2B, 53, 2C, 29, 77, 2D, 34, 2B, 52, 2C, 6B, 77, 6F, 68, 63, 68, 62, 7A, 63, 76, 72, 2B, 52, 2C, 65, 6B, 66, 2B, 53, 2C, 46, 2E, 46, 00, 00...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
356.5 KB (365,056 bytes)

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