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setup.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 setup.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 21 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

setup.exe

Publisher:

installer v2 (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

Installer

Version:

3.1.10.5

MD5:

875be6bcd80685ea9064be2cba3444ee

SHA-1:

446588116bd918b1e7a838f69856f0ddc6862773

SHA-256:

f6bbc77bb8cb722cb45020f85a676924654d10c30d36d79a561040672c1f02db

Scanner detections:

21 / 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 8:48:57 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Firseria

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Firseria.A.6

7.11.141.70

avast!

Win32:Adware-BQN [Trj]

140617-1

AVG

Adware BundleApp.BJ

2014.0.3986

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Firseriainstaller-3

0.98/19246

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RRB

19039

Dr.Web

Adware.Downware.2640

9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9639

F-Prot

W32/Morstar.B.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

G Data

Win32.Application.Morstar

14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of windows 7 home premium.exe (Adware)

2014.9.10.20

IKARUS anti.virus

Trojan-Dropper

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Trojan

13.176.11663

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller

v2014.07.31.07

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.Downware.czlnlu

0.28.2.61148

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.07.31.07

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.I

14.7.31.18

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF

23.00.65.14729

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

28030

File size:

496.9 KB (508,816 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.6

Original file name:

v2installer.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\setup.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 8:38:03 AM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 8:38:03 AM

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:

4/2/2014 8:29:38 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:PsPdx5HmzS3zZJRXOtlA2vkMXJ337k++BjW7W:PsPdx5HmzYH1klhcaJn7k1jAW

Entry address:

0xE99A

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, 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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Entropy:

7.6530

Code size:

116 KB (118,784 bytes)

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/25210875/launch

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