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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 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.downf468.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
appinstaller  (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
appinstaller

Version:
3.1.10.28

MD5:
e433350308c09150a834d7515e4f4552

SHA-1:
9133bade5c3df982a89c99cc7916166cd12e1558

SHA-256:
859dd9d8923292d6ba862a7302a5960bfc4cf188be28f40a352cf6043fcfa488

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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 12:59:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.M
14.8.1.0

File size:
501.7 KB (513,752 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.9

Copyright:
Copyright© 2014

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:yuWnIFlU4rOaBlVRRt80zmltDHMctOq9PoFjdz5FkH7n3jvA20mf/aQ0NuR7CQwq:yuU6OaOilVRvjOPzzDJa1NuJCQIoOy

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:
7.6433

Code size:
117 KB (119,808 bytes)

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

http://dl.downf468.com/n/.../Avast! Free Antivirus.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/13004277/launch

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