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appinstaller.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application appinstaller.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. The installer 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 dl.downloadohdooshieyei.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

appinstaller.exe

Publisher:

appinstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

appinstaller

Version:

3.1.10.28

MD5:

283d7f3bd1e31cbc8fabb387722d70ec

SHA-1:

35014244ce6d3425f4f2fab1398372e829fa321d

SHA-256:

abcdcfdc4de1115103acd3a34d00bf7b23ca552bbb223de7c63a1d5a3f5d120d

Scanner detections:

9 / 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:

4/19/2024 3:09:38 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

AVG

BundleApp

2015.0.3494

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9720

G Data

Win32.Application.Morstar

14.4.24

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.176.11873

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Firseria

v2014.04.25.02

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.M

14.8.1.0

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

28592

File size:

500.8 KB (512,784 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.9

Original file name:

appinstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\appinstaller.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 9:38:03 AM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 9:38:03 AM

Subject:

CN=Apps Installer SL, O=Apps Installer SL, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121CBDE0E20D87673EA3438EEEB8A63BE19

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/22/2014 11:36:09 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:puWnIFlU4rOaBlVRRt80zmltDHMctOq9PoFjdz5FkH7n3jvA20mf/aQ0NuR7CQw7:puU6OaOilVRvjOPzzDJa1NuJCQIoOz

Entry address:

0xEF74

Entry point:

E8, B2, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 98, F4, 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, 38, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 74, 42, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 64... 
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Entropy:

7.6424

Code size:

117 KB (119,808 bytes)

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

http://dl.downloadohdooshieyei.com/n/.../Skype.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cdn.solimba.com (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to api.downloadmr.com (95.211.39.161:80)

http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/12989793/launch

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