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sopcast.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application sopcast.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 21 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 dl.downloadsireigheesae.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
installer d2   (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
Installer

Version:
3.1.10.2

MD5:
32dffe702ce633afbe8421ee5d1d8e95

SHA-1:
1549dc5f36b0d5884d7a219590aeb22d85d89be3

SHA-256:
c0462272ca9484d35d0d010e9cd4694cd556ab18b527133e77c4d83d3238ce09

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/20/2024 4:06:33 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.A.2
7.11.141.40

avast!
Win32:Adware-BQN [Trj]
140617-1

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3390

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Firseria-3
0.98/19265

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.FV
19103

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2488
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9633

F-Prot
W32/A-a50567bf
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of autorun max!.exe (Adware)
2014.9.27.5

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.182.12966

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2014.08.06.01

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.czlnlu
0.28.2.61349

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.08.06.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.H
14.8.6.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF
23.00.65.14804

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
28000

File size:
525.8 KB (538,384 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.4

Copyright:
Copyright© 2014

Original file name:
d2installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/24/2014 2:38:03 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 2:38:03 PM

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:
3/31/2014 10:28:41 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GfoFUKHezLeShwDsYQGvkIS8Y1sGmVOoBjWwV:GfoFUKHezb61caYKLV1jpV

Entry address:
0xE91A

Entry point:
E8, CC, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, E4, 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, 30, E1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 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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Code size:
116 KB (118,784 bytes)

The file sopcast.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://dl.downloadsireigheesae.com/n/3.1.10.2/.../SopCast.exe

http://it.win-install.info/sopcast/download/.../68

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/25897071/launch

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