microsoft photo story.exe

CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL 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 microsoft photo story.exe by CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL 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:
CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
f7f45fafe5f7b3b7883f7f4183a010c0

SHA-1:
d26bf38e4b844adee8c573cf45e3cd980abc07d5

SHA-256:
27252e9c55b57979ebbc7c0bf03d134b2e2f0ed62d084a51588947e85f886b43

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/4/2024 4:02:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.7.30.22

File size:
519.6 KB (532,072 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 12:03:50 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2017 12:03:50 PM

Subject:
E=support@contumar.com, CN=CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL S.L., O=CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL S.L., C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Certum Code Signing CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
2190367D35CCCBC5D3520A1AF30C9575

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/17/2015 5:23:36 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9ibix9xU+1vov9CKDeR8oz7zgPtqkYVgTSWXjAdq:94ix9xU1v9DDeR8/qvV/WXjAI

Entry address:
0xF23C

Entry point:
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Code size:
109.5 KB (112,128 bytes)

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