showbox installer.exe

install mgr

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 showbox installer.exe by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. 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:
popeler·sl  (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Product:
install mgr

Description:
Installer

Version:
3.1.17

MD5:
ba1836f7c225d41ac9451b1e3664ec7b

SHA-1:
270f21fb0df6099c1573723185842c3f34a5ff58

SHA-256:
159109fcae561e39d484f88b59798d0196ccb3d47f3389d48a489d5fd315ff86

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 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:
4/25/2024 7:31:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.AppsInstaller.Installer (M)
16.2.12.11

File size:
460.4 KB (471,448 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.18

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/25/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/26/2015 6:59:59 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:
7/22/2014 5:46:17 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:nqYNNo+Jg1sNtkv+5rdMJ2A9jdz5EDG3ncBRIMoBmdz7Fz8sqLDPr6UnvFYvTYNU:nqmOElNtkG5FvBSMoyysqLvkTYNU

Entry address:
0xE3E8

Entry point:
E8, 4E, 6E, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 00, C6, 46, 00, 89, 0D, FC, C5, 46, 00, 89, 15, F8, C5, 46, 00, 89, 1D, F4, C5, 46, 00, 89, 35, F0, C5, 46, 00, 89, 3D, EC, C5, 46, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 18, C6, 46, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 0C, C6, 46, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, E8, C5, 46, 00, 66, 8C, 05, E4, C5, 46, 00, 66, 8C, 25, E0, C5, 46, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, DC, C5, 46, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 10, C6, 46, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 04, C6, 46, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 08, C6, 46, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 14, C6, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.5751

Code size:
117.5 KB (120,320 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/200131482/launch

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