solid_savings.exe

Actually Apps

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application solid_savings.exe by Actually Apps 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 Nullsoft Install System installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from updatesrv-a.akamaihd.net.
Publisher:
Actually Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
3ae2234254ac3bb336f0962e42e4c131

SHA-1:
f9e494be77836ccb5c5635f4fa32e2dec207252f

SHA-256:
3862a1daa56cfe00f996578c1aa7fd6ec039754988c09ae80b8fca0f5a498518

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
5/5/2024 11:16:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.Actually.Installer (M)
16.6.3.19

File size:
1.4 MB (1,456,904 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\solid_savings.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
4/29/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
4/30/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Actually Apps, O=Actually Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
76114195147F3D93DF9D38DD306DA63A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 9:01:41 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:DIqKbIDtG23i/5FSQiuKRNFwxySZ0UyXqXPc0xM48/nIAHy+j61gK8YvQ5/F:Dc2S/3yRoxyS+vXqXNoq+kgKmNF

Entry address:
0x4109

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 30, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8B, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 8C, 7B, 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, A9, B2, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, AA, B2, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.9701  (probably packed)

Code size:
34 KB (34,816 bytes)

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

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