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adwcleaner.exe

Eilio Developments sl

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application adwcleaner.exe by Eilio Developments sl has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. It uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.win-install.com.
Publisher:
Eilio Developments sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
44b7f14101c05c8502bd1f479c54435a

SHA-1:
bf6cc224a62ee28e99b400a97d1c07afce77898f

SHA-256:
6add025591b13255b606a554a2ca53cbe231048785e7de7ea16069af20e7dba9

Scanner detections:
31 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
4/26/2024 6:59:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.941418
6301737

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Solimba
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Morstar
2014.11.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.Gen8
7.11.189.28

avast!
Win32:Solimba-M [PUP]
141214-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AV
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Solimba
4.0.3.141227

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12214137
1.0.20.1805

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.12214137
0.98/19843

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.GH
20461

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9221
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Generic.941418
9.0.0.4668

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba.AK.gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Morstars
12/27/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-a991b608
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Generic.941418
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14150

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Morstar
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Morstars
v2014.12.27.04

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.928756
15.0.0.1083

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Morstar.djohiw
0.28.6.63726

Norman
Application.Generic.941418
04.12.2014 14:30:06

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.12.27.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EilioDevelopmentssl.K
14.12.27.4

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782980
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Morstar.Win32.211
2.0.0.2003

File size:
523.6 KB (536,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\adwcleaner.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Eilio Developments sl

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/28/2014 3:17:10 PM

Valid to:
7/28/2016 3:17:10 PM

Subject:
CN=Eilio Developments sl, O=Eilio Developments sl, L=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11218832573D4BDD488A310AF2AC15B41F25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 9:19:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:b9OUYHakKTMvZVaG+lzPoshB7btdD6I9yYIYwZe5ZRwqv:b9QhKTt9AkoI9yYIYwZy

Entry address:
0xCBEC

Entry point:
E8, A3, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A0, 5D, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 74, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 36, 6C, 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, FF, 64, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7434  (probably packed)

Code size:
109 KB (111,616 bytes)

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

http://www.win-install.com/adwcleaner/download/.../11450

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