openoffice.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 openoffice.exe, “Apps Installer II” by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 33 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
apps installer   (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
Apps Installer II

Version:
3.1.9.1

MD5:
bc0eb2a9a65f02b87ead37e99ce9eaf2

SHA-1:
c49301d53883f4e1588ca592909a72f5e583d7a0

SHA-256:
4c3c7eafb53f3bb07c601ea9a8fde9270356ed0b92799d1000331174e92ba2d9

Scanner detections:
33 / 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:
4/23/2024 10:25:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.DownloadMR.A
5774621

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.FirseriaInstaller
2015.04.29

Avira AntiVirus
PUA/Firseria.A.9
3.6.1.96

avast!
Win32:Adware-BQN [Trj]
2014.9-150428

AVG
Adware BundleApp.AL
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.DownloadMR.A
1.0.20.590

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Firseriainstaller-1
0.98/20387

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.N
21928

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2488
9.0.1.0118

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.DownloadMR
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller.G potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.1485241
4/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/Morstar.B.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.DownloadMR
5.13.68

G Data
Application.Bundler.DownloadMR
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.7.28.23

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Dropper
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.180.12733

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Fiseria
14.0.0.2121

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstall
v2015.07.28.11

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.DownloadMR.A
16.0.0.354

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.cwxzru
0.28.2.60881

Norman
Application.Bundler.DownloadMR.A
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Fiseria.506072
15.04.28.01

Quick Heal
PUA.Firseria.DC5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Solimba.Bundler
15.4.28.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:Binder.Win32.DownloadMR.e!1075357068
23.00.65.15426

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
5.13

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Fiseria.Win32.107
2.0.0.1859

File size:
494.2 KB (506,072 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
install2x.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
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:
3/25/2014 4:31:44 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9B+RDcOLH4fpWXNVLtUboZ2vk0u0V532JhU1wr4BjWmDZ:9BQcOLH4fwecj42JhfWj5t

Entry address:
0xE90A

Entry point:
E8, CC, 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, 78, 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, 24, 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 openoffice.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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/62560440/launch

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