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herdprotect.exe

Contumar Empresarial s.l.

Warning, this is an illegal version of herdProtect (repackaged and distributed without Reason Software Company's permission) by a company (Contumar Empresarial s.l.) that bundles adware. Please make sure that you uninstall this version and download a legitimate copy from our site.
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 herdprotect.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.
Publisher:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f2f47e4d6cfee3fbbe33bbbbb25aeead

SHA-1:
2fe774fb11f104529f22a950e6fc5b64cdab1ad2

SHA-256:
1f1539c026138c1770c694b6f39e9062cdae67908e7e410906bea94766000ac4

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/18/2024 6:51:01 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.ContumarEmpresarial
15.6.5.20

File size:
644.6 KB (660,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 12:00:38 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 12:00:25 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 11:22:04 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HEV/eHpTEQcwJ0m0NGBf9YxW1R7G39mssMet/bVDscyQ5Fa0WXrd:0eHPXTYxWf7G39mssJpAY5Fa0WXB

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F0, CB, 42, 00, E8, BE, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 11, 96, 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, BD, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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

http://get.sunsinstalled.com/n/.../herdProtect.exe

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