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Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application google earth.exe by Solimba Aplicaciones S.L has been detected as adware by 32 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl01.socdn.com.
Publisher:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
google-earth

Version:
2.2.54.0

MD5:
f5bd4e96699682f81310dbaa89905ceb

SHA-1:
690b95f0719046c88589414b35d67bf0153517e2

SHA-256:
5dfd2e2646093c4c7888f011879c83105be4d79a901db7f701248cc820911edc

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
4/23/2024 6:09:34 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
416

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Adware
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Agent
2015.04.05

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen
7.11.83.176

avast!
Solimba-D [PUP]
2014.9-151216

AVG
AdInstaller.Q
2016.0.2894

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
1.0.20.1750

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
WIN.Adware.Solimba-3
0.98/18155

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.K
16400

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.798
9.0.1.0350

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
8.15.12.16.10

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba
9.8427

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Solimba
12/16/2015

F-Prot
W32/Solimba.B.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
11.2015-16-12_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
15.12.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.202.15487

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Solimba
14.0.0.963

Malwarebytes
Adware.Solimba
v2015.12.16.10

McAfee
Artemis!5A310A2EEBBF
5600.6550

MicroWorld eScan
APPL/Solimba.Gen
16.0.0.1050

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Nsis.Downloader.wjkxs
0.30.8.659

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Solimba
15.12.16.10

Quick Heal
PUA.Solimbaapl.Gen
12.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.SolimbaAplicaciones.Bundler (M)
15.12.16.10

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.89

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Offerware
9444

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0824
7.2.350

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-AdWare.MSIL.SolimbaAplicacionesSL
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
18554

ViRobot
Trojan.Win32.S.Agent.180992[h]
2014.3.20.0

File size:
260.9 KB (267,144 bytes)

Copyright:
(c) 2010 (2013-02-01 06:59)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/15/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
450EE582E26020D5F7632F2BECC6C5BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2011 8:46:24 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.21

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SKpdcCrTqsD2V9mQVtQ5estTmBEEzCNizmH6YZTW8:S0drNDy9NG0sL6mH6YZ9

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 83, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 84, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 84, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 6B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 6B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 84, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.7365  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://dl01.socdn.com/n/2.2.54/.../google earth.exe

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