ares galaxy.exe

Contumar Empresarial s.l.

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 ares galaxy.exe by Contumar Empresarial 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. 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.
Publisher:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5a543fa7039726b934eec9291cdf2bd7

SHA-1:
aae48537d47250c4d282406b3384f892cbdef2c7

SHA-256:
d1e19a515b838680d8b59042a6a03d08aab1f1ca6148e3e4de21a0b4a864e474

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 5:52:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.7.19.19

File size:
678.1 KB (694,368 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
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 12:00:38 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 12:00:25 PM

Subject:
CN=Contumar Empresarial s.l., O=Contumar Empresarial s.l., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
112119FE6AFB4FA7129F4F594CD3E07D5B21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/18/2015 9:58:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZyE2QYrOLw9saOiCXcU/OQOCeDHg23sMhEJZT1aRYNg+66:cE2QYrr6iwcWOQOfLg6sMCDT1a2a+66

Entry address:
0x118B4

Entry point:
E8, 2F, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, DB, 42, 00, E8, F6, 56, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, C2, 95, 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, E9, 4C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
141 KB (144,384 bytes)

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