atheros ar9287 wireless adapter driver 8.0.0.238 for windows 7 x64 driver.exe

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 atheros ar9287 wireless adapter driver 8.0.0.238 for windows 7 x64 driver.exe by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 31 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Appsinstall   (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Description:
setup manager

Version:
3.1.12

MD5:
e8caf155dda3d4c4c710bb1a3db28de6

SHA-1:
8049a6f2d3e82154c85e8e5a7a2015fa59156297

SHA-256:
3be36a4bd3a98c21d1733bd2054758fae14ab12f0773eefda07db49738d8f1bc

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
4/16/2024 2:07:45 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.J
865

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.FirseriaInstaller
2014.09.23

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/FirseriaH.A.2
7.11.152.200

avast!
Win32:Solimba-C [PUP]
2014.9-140922

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3343

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.J
1.0.20.1325

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-723660
0.98/19414

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.CJL
18418

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4319
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler
14.09.22

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9886

F-Prot
W32/A-8319497a
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.J
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.4.16

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13451

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Fiseria
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
v2014.09.22.01

McAfee
Artemis!78B5011FAD4B
5600.6927

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.J
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.czvwwp
0.28.0.60100

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Fiseria.505704
14.09.22.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.22.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.?
14.9.22.11

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0601
7.2.338

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
29892

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Solimba.Win32.4
2.0.0.1929

File size:
493.9 KB (505,704 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.15

Copyright:
copyright·©·2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\atheros%20ar9287%20wireless%20adapter%20driver%208.0.0.238%20for%20windows%207%20x64%20driver.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/19/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
2/20/2015 12:59:59 AM

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:
5/29/2014 5:26:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:L3ma4bE/SPQHqkdTvL7Ff456p9HKuJC7V:L3b4bEiFCVMaX4V

Entry address:
0xE8DA

Entry point:
E8, 7C, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 60, E4, 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, 10, E1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 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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Code size:
115.5 KB (118,272 bytes)

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/31985547/launch