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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 skype.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:
skype

Version:
2.2.60.1

MD5:
ec865613d9e316382e12f0a2e2a38927

SHA-1:
23453848482fe754a9d2b864d8aab887f3606e3b

SHA-256:
17be3fe0dadc6ea09bfe8e1ef39ec9e607078e55824d0cd4db626cf1a334a781

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:
4/19/2024 3:19:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
427

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Adware
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Agent
2014.09.19

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen
7.11.67.200

avast!
Solimba-D [PUP]
2014.9-151205

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.Q
2016.0.2905

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
1.0.20.1695

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
WIN.Adware.Solimba-3
0.98/18155

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.KA
15791

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.798
9.0.1.0339

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Riskware.Win32.Wrapper.Solimba.AMN
8.15.12.05.09

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba.K.Gen
9.8173

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Solimba
12/5/2015

F-Prot
W32/Solimba.B.gen
v6.4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
11.2015-05-12_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
15.12.22

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.1.118.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712387

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Solimba
14.0.0.1018

Malwarebytes
Adware.Solimba
v2015.12.05.09

McAfee
Artemis!2BD7F2F6B4C7
5600.6561

MicroWorld eScan
APPL/Solimba.Gen
16.0.0.1017

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.cudqsj
0.28.2.62151

Norman
W32/Solimba.FAT
11.20151205

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Solimba
15.12.05.09

Qihoo 360 Security
Trojan.Generic
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
12.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.SolimbaAplicaciones.Bundler (M)
15.12.5.9

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.FirseriaInstaller@CV!1.5C42
23.00.65.151203

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.93

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.Offerware
9466

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0322
7.2.339

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R08NC0EET15
10.465.05

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-AdWare.MSIL.SolimbaAplicacionesSL
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
16364

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.Solimba.Win32.1568
2.0.0.2049

File size:
203.8 KB (208,728 bytes)

Copyright:
(c) 2010-2013 (201303191956)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/15/2011 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2013 5:59:59 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 9:46:24 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.21

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:WKpdcCrTbAGd2nyHkHMllOgxyYqf5uwm4rWCJh:W0drjAGdvHkHKld0r/h

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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Entropy:
7.5808

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://dl01.socdn.com/n/2.2.60.1/.../Skype.exe

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