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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 9 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from de.win-install.net. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
appinstall d2   (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
d2 Appsinstall

Version:
3.1.10.1

MD5:
b90c519d889fbe9487e15a35d795d37b

SHA-1:
c2d5f6b77492fec4c36ee67c6fd3d2ca99112efb

SHA-256:
898ef798ac8bc0b3f41c1fd47e86df911fba4265f0df2d31e631abc181c24b89

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
4/24/2024 2:16:26 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3473

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9613

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.5.24

McAfee
Artemis!B90C519D889F
5600.7129

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.05.15.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppsInstallerSL.P
14.5.15.17

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
27864

File size:
496.9 KB (508,816 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.4

Copyright:
Copyright© 2014

Original file name:
d2install.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/24/2014 3:38:03 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 3:38:03 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:
3/28/2014 3:17:55 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:htdPs2vQzUhRVwDnlO2WkbxeyiGE39moBdWs8z:htdPs2vQzW2R/wyiJ99d78z

Entry address:
0xE93A

Entry point:
E8, CF, 79, 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, E4, 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, 30, E1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 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:
116 KB (118,784 bytes)

The file microsoft excel.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://de.win-install.net/microsoft-excel/download/.../6069

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/15711462/launch

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