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avast! free antivirus.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application avast! free antivirus.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 20 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free AVAST Antivirus but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Publisher:

appinstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

appinstaller

Version:

3.1.10.28

MD5:

f56f2236485ef42f087c38b69cf9da3e

SHA-1:

a6be87bae579d0416916ea175f0be2816498b6a8

SHA-256:

97d45ae3c333534c75112230414fe40f4db78452a0deb688e94c844f569f867c

Scanner detections:

20 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 2:31:01 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Firseria

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/AgentCV.bqn.1

7.11.183.214

avast!

Win32:Adware-BQN [Trj]

141025-0

AVG

Adware BundleApp.CQ

2014.0.4189

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Morstar-2

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Firseria.K

20033

Dr.Web

Trojan.DownLoader11.4341

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller.J potentially unwanted application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/FirseriaInstaller

11/9/2014

F-Prot

W32/Morstar.B.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

G Data

Win32.Application.Morstar

14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.185.13943

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Fiseria

15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.Firseria

v2014.11.09.12

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.czajcq

0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.V

14.11.9.11

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.5063304

34232

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.Fiseria.Win32.72

2.0.0.1977

File size:

500.8 KB (512,784 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.9

Original file name:

appinstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\avast! free antivirus.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:ZuWnIFlU4rOaBlVRRt80zmltDHMctOq9PoFjdz5FkH7n3jvA20mf/aQ0NuR7CQwF:ZuU6OaOilVRvjOPzzDJa1NuJCQIoOd

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:

7.6425

Code size:

117 KB (119,808 bytes)

The file avast! free antivirus.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dl.downloadeigiesoquahv.com/n/3.1.10.28/.../avast! Free Antivirus.exe

http://www.win-install.com/avast-free-antivirus/download/.../686

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/39823080/launch

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