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Apps Installer S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application apps.exe by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 17 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 download749.mediafire.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Apps Installer S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5b95b200e366431fd8356f8f60bda890

SHA-1:
550638403db9ff190859de5e91974d6dea15c1a3

SHA-256:
cf926446566d4026c691f1d5fde50fe7b6139420ed5aefb46260aff0b55c081a

Scanner detections:
17 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

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:
4/24/2024 11:45:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen
7.11.117.84

avast!
Win32:Solimba-C [PUP]
2014.9-140115

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.GW
17374

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1125
9.0.1.015

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba
8.9122

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Solimba
1/15/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.2.2.29

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.Agent
14.0.0.4462

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Solimba
v2014.01.15.01

McAfee
PUP-FCC!5B95B200E366
5600.7249

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppsInstallerSL.E
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUA.FirseriaInstaller@CV!1.5C42
23.00.65.14113

Sophos
DownloadMR
4.95

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0621
7.2.15

Trend Micro
ADW_SOLIMBA
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
23950

File size:
186.1 KB (190,616 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/18/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/19/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Apps Installer S.L., O=Apps Installer S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
323F44D66AEF890F43C32CFD743A4AD0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 10:01:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:3X7DItrfaocyTgfsqQOlJScaCEnnBRqzn8lZaEeJ5EvJfsSQwiAFtXLlJdYK8Hvv:3saocyLCSIwBRJlXf0ipHdmvv

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.5550

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://download749.mediafire.com/6uux10h51gkg/.../Apps.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/2840613/launch

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