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file_installer.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 file_installer.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 25 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

file_installer.exe

Publisher:

AppsInstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

XIX installer

Version:

3.1.10.19

MD5:

731050962eadc553b1ee54da053d6d0f

SHA-1:

bc89ee2c5863ac9fb56312e4951181a5b69c2ab6

SHA-256:

68e15e238535baed2c07b5907f47a5c42872a73f696a25bc0ef6a5fbbb38272f

Scanner detections:

25 / 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:

4/19/2024 6:02:35 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.1

943

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Firseria

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Firseria.A.16

7.11.144.242

avast!

Win32:Installer-AR [PUP]

2014.9-140418

AVG

BundleApp

2015.0.3501

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.1

1.0.20.940

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RRB

18153

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9711

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-07-07_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of orbit%20downloader.exe (Adware)

2014.7.7.3

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11847

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppsInstall

v2014.04.18.06

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.1

15.0.0.564

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.O

14.7.28.0

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF

23.00.65.14416

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

28534

File size:

490.8 KB (502,544 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.6

Original file name:

setupXIX.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\file_installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 5:38:03 PM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 5:38:03 PM

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:

4/14/2014 12:55:45 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:uJW3oa+kXJQWJ0d4tlMgvkepHc1vVgoBjWwUvk:uJW3oa+MVY+lFcYHcpVzj38k

Entry address:

0xEE44

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, 80, 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, 28, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 64, 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:

7.6516

Code size:

117 KB (119,808 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/12226179/launch

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