microsoft excel.exe

Eilio Developments sl

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 microsoft excel.exe by Eilio Developments sl has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from pt.win-install.info.
Publisher:
Eilio Developments sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
03220e49730b85887da6dd65aaa2e355

SHA-1:
f76cdff81ac91c57f1f49c3095dc8e3a71af4c47

SHA-256:
fcfd8b480e99b96a54cc6924a3869fc80804d93ccb0d7caff0f41ebfc4033228

Scanner detections:
22 / 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 11:34:18 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.928756
798

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Morstar
2014.11.30

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.Gen8
7.11.189.40

avast!
Win32:Solimba-M [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r.AV
2014.0.4189

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Solimba
4.0.3.141130

Bitdefender
Trojan.Generic.12214137
1.0.20.1660

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.9221
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.Generic.12214137
14.11.28

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba.AK.gen potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Morstars
11/28/2014

F-Secure
Trojan.Generic.12214137
11.2014-28-11_6

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14161

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Morstar
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Morstars
v2014.11.28.04

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.928756
15.0.0.996

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.28.04

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM20.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.EilioDevelopmentssl.P
14.11.28.16

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782980
35088

File size:
523.6 KB (536,136 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
7/28/2014 11:17:10 AM

Valid to:
7/28/2016 11:17:10 AM

Subject:
CN=Eilio Developments sl, O=Eilio Developments sl, L=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
11218832573D4BDD488A310AF2AC15B41F25

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/26/2014 7:19:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:b9OUYHakKTMvZVaG+lzPoshB7btdD6I9yYIYwZe5ZRwqv:b9QhKTt9AkoI9yYIYwZy

Entry address:
0xCBEC

Entry point:
E8, A3, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A0, 5D, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 74, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 36, 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, FF, 64, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
109 KB (111,616 bytes)

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

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