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hp photosmart essential.exe

Firseria

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 has been detected as adware by 30 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:
setupprocess   (signed by Firseria)

Description:
Setup Manager

Version:
3.0.30.6

MD5:
8b3e97cdb5b4ba60bc29130148dae4fd

SHA-1:
f7d1b2fa4da7c9862925b8700ee94fec8180dd9f

SHA-256:
73ed180b4630840592e7867ea1ea81df056012da3ba4a957740f298015fafd3f

Scanner detections:
30 / 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 2:10:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
6757612

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Firseria
2015.03.08

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Firseria.grtqw
7.11.214.146

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-150307

AVG
Adware BundleApp.GC
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
1.0.20.330

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-751051
0.98/20158

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.GTV
21324

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2174
9.0.1.066

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Firseria
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
9.9578

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.2140884
3/7/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-10658291
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.Firseria
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.Firseria
15.3.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of spybot search & destroy.exe (Adware)
2015.6.13.19

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.182.12945

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Fiseria
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Agent
v2015.03.07.08

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
16.0.0.198

Norman
Application.Bundler.Firseria.A
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Fiseria.277224
14.08.04.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.03.07.08

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Solimba
15.3.7.8

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
5.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
27668

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Fiseria.Win32.33
2.0.0.2090

File size:
270.7 KB (277,224 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.30

Copyright:
Copyright©2014

Original file name:
installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hp photosmart essential.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Firseria

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/11/2013 4:34:44 PM

Valid to:
11/12/2014 4:34:44 PM

Subject:
E=support@solimba.com, CN=Firseria, O=Firseria, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112130C3B28D7C9C29B8B07321EF3F8A1462

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/10/2014 12:34:59 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:NSVFVe91EZ1ypY+186MWWxBRXp5IPRdjtHt0KjHAc+gM:NSV3e91fY+6XWOjXpUtHt0JgM

Entry address:
0x81117

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 9F, 02, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 8B, D6, 8B, CF, E8, 5C, 00, 00, 00, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10, 2B, D0, 2B, C9, 3B, CA, 73, 26, 8B, D9, AC, 41, 24, FE, 3C, E8, 75, F2, 43, 83, C1, 04, AD, 0B, C0, 78, 06, 3B, C2, 73, E5, EB, 06, 03, C3, 78, DF, 03, C2, 2B, C3, 89, 46, FC, EB, D6, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5F, 81, C7, 8C, FF, FF, FF, B0, E9, AA, B8, 9B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
98.5 KB (100,864 bytes)

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

http://nl.download366.com/hp-photosmart-essential/download/.../1794

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