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microsoft excel.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 microsoft excel.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 19 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

microsoft excel.exe

Publisher:

AppsInstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

XIX installer

Version:

3.1.10.19

MD5:

a802a7f0434692ed273b93d1df79e478

SHA-1:

2dc90c4266322eb3bdad37d2452d6f3656c423e5

SHA-256:

2948f5cca49fdf00057c4c91530fced41a8e5ff7abfbfb090952d3a9050aa2e0

Scanner detections:

19 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:

This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:

4/26/2024 10:11:16 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

1023

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Firseria.A.16

7.11.144.50

avast!

Win32:Installer-AR [PUP]

2014.9-140418

AVG

BundleApp

2015.0.3501

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

1.0.20.540

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RRB

18125

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

8.14.04.18.08

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9693

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

11.2014-18-04_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of flv_media_player.exe (Adware)

2014.7.7.3

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11806

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppsInstall

v2014.04.18.08

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

15.0.0.324

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.P

14.7.28.0

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF

23.00.65.14416

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

28350

File size:

491.9 KB (503,696 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.6

Original file name:

setupXIX.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\microsoft excel.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 6:38:03 AM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 6:38:03 AM

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:

4/14/2014 2:55:45 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:LJW3oa+kXJQWJ0d4tlMgvkepHc1vVgoBjWwU0:LJW3oa+MVY+lFcYHcpVzj3L

Entry address:

0xEE44

Entry point:

E8, B2, 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, 80, 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, 28, 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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Entropy:

7.6525

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/12226194/launch

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