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pqdckgac.exe

Cash Buyer Media

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 file pqdckgac.exe by Cash Buyer Media 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:
Safeguarded Swift System Installer  (signed by Cash Buyer Media)

Product:
Safeguarded Swift System Installer

Version:
60.6.6.1765

MD5:
c608c276f3220b8af8edb0e7904dcbc5

SHA-1:
cca95b1f3d1477c85e2fe11d49a76da5e4460cc1

SHA-256:
39f498271f337cf6ddcea76418dc1f3b5b1b0128e2fb201d6a981d9b702877ed

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
5/3/2024 2:16:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Vittalia (M)
16.11.10.22

File size:
756.8 KB (774,944 bytes)

Product version:
60.6.6.1765

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2015

Original file name:
setup.exe

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Cash Buyer Media

Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/6/2015 11:46:46 PM

Valid to:
9/6/2016 10:41:42 PM

Subject:
CN=Cash Buyer Media, O=Cash Buyer Media, L=San Francisco, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
00BB2FEC76C4F052D1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/26/2014 12:45:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:1VepajkAGKIHZW2yBFGnk7d5qddMWFvW2LPp1tFChspvmtREjCTt:ezOyIFG+5qddDhH3oVLEjCTt

Entry address:
0x1EFBE0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 60, 53, 00, 8D, BE, 00, B0, EC, FF, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 10, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46, 83, F0, FF, 74, 75, D1, F8, 89...
 
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Entropy:
7.9226

Packer / compiler:
UPX 2.90LZMA

Code size:
744 KB (761,856 bytes)

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