hp photosmart essential.exe

FIRSERIA, S.L.

The setup program uses the Firseria/Solimba AppInstaller (DownloadMR) which is a monetization download manager that bundles additional adware offers, typically by wrapping legitimate applications. The application hp photosmart essential.exe by FIRSERIA, S.L has been detected as adware by 29 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.
Publisher:
Appinstallr  (signed by FIRSERIA, S.L.)

Description:
setup mnger

Version:
3.1.12.8

MD5:
79c3b4c24bd1e136a1fbe4090bb90d91

SHA-1:
f1e523ab2198064d2292207e6e5a7c0d3bcd9580

SHA-256:
3a8bf80a24f0985c5c1de978f82fd802a560f4417c8509cf723aa104edf11cd4

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/27/2024 2:47:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
864

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Fiseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.FirseriaInstaller
2014.06.17

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Bundler.Firseria.A.1
7.11.155.62

avast!
Win32:Firseria-A [PUP]
140908-2

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3342

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
1.0.20.1330

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6673
0.98/19422

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.AY
19597

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.4436
9.0.1.0266

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Applicaton.Jaik.2123
14.09.23

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9956

F-Prot
W32/A-94ac5769
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Firseria
11.2014-23-09_3

G Data
Application.Bundler.Firseria
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.12.5.17

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712422

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2014.09.23.03

McAfee
Artemis!EA05A90A9849
5600.6925

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
15.0.0.798

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.daugbj
0.28.0.60253

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Fiseria.506352
14.09.23.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.23.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FIRSERIASL.X
14.9.23.13

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
30356

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Fiseria.Win32.8
2.0.0.1828

File size:
494.5 KB (506,352 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.14

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/23/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="FIRSERIA, S.L.", OU=IT, O="FIRSERIA, S.L.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
73C4780FAC0CD497B0778732FB8AF673

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/4/2014 5:59:07 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:onKfyxV2ImdvPGBFfi8WuJ6+1x0KCYT88VtX02:kKfwV2HtPgFfN9/pDF

Entry address:
0xE51A

Entry point:
E8, 7C, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 30, E4, 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, E4, E0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 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:
7.6619

Code size:
114.5 KB (117,248 bytes)

The file hp photosmart essential.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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