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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, “aplications installer” by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 12 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.
Publisher:
apsinstaller  (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
aplications installer

Version:
3.1.10.26

MD5:
1b3cedc40a03b30f6e747dedb31ca8da

SHA-1:
468dd0a5fca5fcf6c2087a04f70f96ff033f4532

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
4/26/2024 8:47:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

avast!
Win32:Installer-AR [PUP]
2014.9-151022

AVG
BundleApp
2016.0.2948

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
9.9704

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
15.10.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of adobe reader.exe (Adware)
2015.10.22.15

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11833

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2015.10.22.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.AppsInstaller.Installer (M)
15.8.26.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF
23.00.65.151020

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
28478

File size:
500.9 KB (512,912 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.9

Copyright:
Copyright© 2014

Original file name:
apsinstaller.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\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:
4/20/2014 2:01:32 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:CHgG1q+g6a5U9TFUvk4UDC1mVV1cloBjWeZC:CHgG1q+C5Ugc/GAVzcQjxA

Entry address:
0xEF84

Entry point:
E8, B2, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 90, F4, 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, 3C, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 64, 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:
7.6440

Code size:
117 KB (119,808 bytes)

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

http://www.free-download-now.com/en/flv-mplayer/download/.../17826

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/82794174/launch

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