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Ares Galaxy

Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application ares galaxy.exe by Solimba Aplicaciones S.L 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 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.
Publisher:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Ares Galaxy

Version:
2.1.721.0

MD5:
bb1289cad44f8a9283f98a2fa589ba30

SHA-1:
9c5fc218a464a8c2e6195ce9785d743201f1009b

SHA-256:
177c9f32f0ffd8e9995de3bbfa1ab523691d08a8c3aebceaa32440b209a755d1

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 12:03:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.SolimbaA.Bundler (M)
16.6.9.8

File size:
136.4 KB (139,664 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/15/2011 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2013 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
450EE582E26020D5F7632F2BECC6C5BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2011 11:46:24 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.21

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:xnOn7t7XpdpCCTg/sxFgJjeq8KLOCfQFXaf9y6ek52t3eMuto:xKpdcCrT+8KjYFK1ynk5JDo

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 83, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 84, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 84, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 6B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 6B, 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, 84, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.2711

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://d3uetqjthbb4x1.cloudfront.net/2.1.721/.../Ares Galaxy.exe

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