bluestacks.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 bluestacks.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:
b615d7e65fa86b9019cedbccbcf7ea92

SHA-1:
c0b1604ac3bf47ce6a6361ae23c822fd32be8b2c

SHA-256:
a6422ac27f40c45e1fa290bf641166ab1ae9564e32b1e64e46bff409ac85c6b7

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:
5/7/2024 4:24:56 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Contumar (M)
16.5.4.21

File size:
655.1 KB (670,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 9:00:38 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 10:00:25 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:
5/28/2015 7:37:40 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C1heIHTECcwLbmMkSxB2Filn+rKibmeeJC5LOFKGE3KoHKWfw0d7x1+ZR9XI:4eIfz3ajKZeeJrmKoHu+l0H9XI

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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