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mendeley desktop.exe

Invok$Komodo~·Manager

Eilio Developments s.l.

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 mendeley desktop.exe by Eilio Developments 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. It 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:
Invok$Komodo~InstallerSL  (signed by Eilio Developments s.l.)

Product:
Invok$Komodo~·Manager

Description:
Installer

Version:
3.1.24.9

MD5:
1b8e44ebe953386e9589e9b2f0ed86e7

SHA-1:
f334206ffd231ffab381f58ddce8fa2cdcab496d

SHA-256:
c16cabca9e688d761ce3107494e7407fc6dae8c792cb914ca6e6d3f2e8eeedec

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/8/2024 4:47:46 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
17.3.16.7

File size:
538.9 KB (551,840 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.23

Copyright:
Copyright.©.2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Eilio Developments s.l.

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/7/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/7/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Eilio Developments s.l., O=Eilio Developments s.l., STREET="c. Diputació 279, 1o. 7a.", L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, PostalCode=08007, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
7DD84643FC74F48B7E8898A3C4FC7590

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/26/2014 6:23:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0xDFFC

Entry point:
E8, AE, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 38, 70, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 7F, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 41, 6C, 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, 0A, 65, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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