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megacubo.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application megacubo.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 18 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

megacubo.exe

Publisher:

Apps installer (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

installer tawl

Version:

3.1.10.24

MD5:

0ad8e960d380b9d9df47e252253d057a

SHA-1:

8c31d3d713bb49add42cc375e055c4500f09193e

SHA-256:

1a31a35f9ac0bd9baddb11a0a504878f1ad42eb123ee1e4d2d15f69d7b8c0d78

Scanner detections:

18 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:

5/4/2024 9:42:30 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.1

1010

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Firseria

7.1.1

avast!

Win32:Installer-AR [PUP]

2014.9-140430

AVG

BundleApp

2015.0.3488

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.1

1.0.20.600

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

8.14.07.07.07

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9703

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-30-04_4

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of stellarium.exe (Adware)

2014.7.7.7

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.176.11833

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller

v2014.04.30.10

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.1

15.0.0.360

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.I

14.8.1.0

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF

23.00.65.14428

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

28462

File size:

499.3 KB (511,248 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.9

Original file name:

installer_setup.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\megacubo.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 12:38:03 PM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 12:38:03 PM

Subject:

CN=Apps Installer SL, O=Apps Installer SL, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121CBDE0E20D87673EA3438EEEB8A63BE19

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/17/2014 1:13:43 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:YNgOFKT+Md0kVEt8a2Ok5pDZ1gVA1IuoBjWhb2:YNxFKT+bkVEQHfdWV0IVjsi

Entry address:

0xEF14

Entry point:

E8, C2, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 90, F4, 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, 38, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 64, 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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Code size:

117 KB (119,808 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to cdn.solimba.com (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):

Connects to api.downloadmr.com (95.211.39.161:80)

http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/12266415/launch

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