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photoscape.exe

photoscape

Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application photoscape.exe by Solimba Aplicaciones S.L has been detected as adware by 37 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 dl01.socdn.com.
Publisher:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
photoscape

Version:
2.2.0.0

MD5:
435fe106969442de3c685a569cf5265c

SHA-1:
2ef5f4bdd5d25ac990c70aa4ae1d7689a2165ab4

SHA-256:
7c85d8901e2e302a235eef0b9b0127775005783700400dda9461b58ddd16e30a

Scanner detections:
37 / 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 7:56:08 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
390

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Adware
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Downloader
2014.09.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen
7.11.171.148

avast!
MSIL:Solimba-J [PUP]
2014.9-160111

AVG
AdInstaller.Q
2017.0.2868

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
1.0.20.55

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
WIN.Adware.Solimba-3
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
ApplicUnwnt
22362

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.798
9.0.1.011

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
8.16.01.11.07

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba
10.10396

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Solimba
1/11/2016

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
11.2016-11-01_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Solimba
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13333

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Solimba
14.0.0.833

Malwarebytes
Adware.Solimba.Lame
v2016.01.11.07

McAfee
Artemis!BB60F8545F23
5600.6524

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
17.0.0.33

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cthmwx
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
11.20160111

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Agent.141848
15.06.05.01

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Solimba
16.01.11.07

Quick Heal
PUA.Solimbaapl.Gen
1.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.SolimbaAplicaciones.Bundler (M)
16.1.11.7

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.14D11F6F!349249391
23.00.65.16109

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Solimba
9392

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.FZQMFRC
37.1.62.1

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_SPNR.03GA14
7.2.11

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.03GA14
10.465.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-AdWare.MSIL.SolimbaAplicacionesSL
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
32990

File size:
261.1 KB (267,344 bytes)

Copyright:
(c) 2010 (2013-02-05 11:08)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/15/2011 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2013 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
450EE582E26020D5F7632F2BECC6C5BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/30/2011 12:46:24 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.21

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:zKpdcCrTqoUguIRbtI/SU03Qow2lEI7ezmSYi:z0dr/UgLRbtI/hony5Yi

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 83, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 84, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 84, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 6B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 6B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 84, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://dl01.socdn.com/n/2.2.54.1/.../photoscape.exe

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