setup.exe

firseria installer

Apps Installer S.L.

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 S.L has been detected as adware by 25 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 www.free-download-now.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
firseria s.l.  (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Product:
firseria installer

Description:
setup

Version:
3.1.16.11

MD5:
b9e695d02cdb418ec2f2d7274cf16a9e

SHA-1:
c529dace4b03f223c833b42b204c372d075f4002

SHA-256:
e52b67073c125a1c958c47124533f3de517c6bb40513255970467fac4765277f

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/7/2024 9:37:54 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.9
878

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.101Alemi
2014.08.16

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Dropper.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140730

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r
2015.0.3397

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.FirseriaInstaller
4.0.3.14731

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.9
1.0.20.1265

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.MAP
19026

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.34677
9.0.1.0212

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
8.14.09.10.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller.S potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-10-09_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.10.12

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13054

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Firseria
v2014.07.31.11

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.9
15.0.0.759

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Fiseria.dcvydq
0.28.2.61519

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Solimba
14.07.30.09

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.F
14.8.15.15

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782980
32210

File size:
501.9 KB (513,944 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.19

Copyright:
copyright ©2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Apps Installer S.L., O=Apps Installer 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:
0F51D368012CA12391845223E21F245A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/24/2014 4:20:52 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:oyyEOE+jRCgLM0hXt5NLm25fEBhee2lFdz5e8IhNL9uKB41YPhKSA23FM6hWMMwL:Lb3+jRCgL3/9mBEg88Z9uKBtKWhW4KSV

Entry address:
0xDFB8

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 6D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 56, 57, 85, D2, 74, 07, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 13, E8, 5F, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 03, 2C, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 33, 8B, 45, 10, 85, C0, 75, 04, 88, 02, EB, E2, 8B, F2, 2B, F0, 8A, 08, 88, 0C, 06, 40, 84, C9, 74, 03, 4F, 75, F3, 85, FF, 75, 11, C6, 02, 00, E8, 29, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, C6, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.6333

Code size:
116.5 KB (119,296 bytes)

The file setup.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/25116021/launch

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