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flashget.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 flashget.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:
a5c2fdecea1465e2a11a61ad158309dd

SHA-1:
9727db3d086360052e46527e9319ffc1b3da9aba

SHA-256:
2e709a9081e22b0bc05e4f025ddf11c42ab2f8de53b721268359a4a53b53b077

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:
5/19/2024 4:51:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Contumar (M)
16.5.26.22

File size:
675.1 KB (691,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.

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:
6/18/2015 8:20:10 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ijTPlGaJY8jGOIf0B4wGPWlnTXSIYWkGiIM6P4IuViSZp+o+GI3TTulejKV3fR:QTPlGoyf0B4Z+dTixJIMV/+9TTu4uV35

Entry address:
0x118B4

Entry point:
E8, 26, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, DC, 42, 00, E8, 66, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B9, 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, 62, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7040  (probably packed)

Code size:
141 KB (144,384 bytes)

The file flashget.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.coveredinstall.com/n/.../FlashGet.exe

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