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microsoft excel.exe

SETUPPROCESS

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 SETUPPROCESS 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
SETUPPROCESS  (signed and verified)

Description:
SetupManager

Version:
3.0.30.2

MD5:
66a07b2e63c6414bf1135bb4ce81803b

SHA-1:
ac9f4035c86fcea0d5bb30cfcb6c5554a9a5ad0c

SHA-256:
b90d09a0e636e73231830af2669a3b048dce328947accf7520cdb68d39072a78

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
4/25/2024 12:18:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Packed/MPress
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Spy.AI.14318.9
7.11.144.64

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3500

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.EAB
18128

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2167
9.0.1.0108

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9403

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of glsl shaders indicator 1.7.2.exe (Adware)
2014.7.7.10

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11806

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Bundler
v2014.04.18.10

McAfee
Artemis!953AF887EFED
5600.7077

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.04.18.10

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM18.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SETUPPROCESS.P
14.4.18.17

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.97

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0208
7.2.188

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
26334

File size:
267.9 KB (274,288 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.30

Copyright:
Copyright ©2014

Original file name:
setup_installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\microsoft excel.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SETUPPROCESS

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/27/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/1/2014 1:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=SETUPPROCESS, O=SETUPPROCESS, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A8ABFC7C80D0C2F0A3A89CF6139A91D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/7/2014 4:46:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Er6reu56KHY7vu1H1RBGl8TVXFeZYYbFAcbeu5Z5AxTi/Irz:tCqY721HtZeYPIpPW0/Sz

Entry address:
0x7C117

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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Entropy:
7.5727

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
102 KB (104,448 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/12292827/launch

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