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subsonic.exe

Firseria

The setup program uses the Firseria/Solimba AppInstaller (DownloadMR) which is a monetization download manager that bundles additional adware offers, typically by wrapping legitimate applications. The application subsonic.exe by Firseria has been detected as adware by 33 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.
Publisher:
Installer  (signed by Firseria)

Product:
Installer

Version:
3.1.13.38

MD5:
52944f738e1122989efe4be4cd8c9d07

SHA-1:
72887d5eda39175a08c1352d4fe638f0e2bb8cef

SHA-256:
1be5247a5dd1f95ba0b8222e86383b8e1ce8f6f54ec426d9fef9c895e9440e67

Scanner detections:
33 / 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:
4/25/2024 2:39:33 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Firseria.7
5676081

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Fiseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Firseria
2015.04.14

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Firseria-C [PUP]
2014.9-150414

AVG
Adware BundleApp
2016.0.3139

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.FirseriaInstaller
4.0.3.15414

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Firseria.7
1.0.20.520

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.HYM
21761

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.34145
9.0.1.0104

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Firseria
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller.M potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.88097
4/14/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-1d7b3bb9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-14-04_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Firseria
15.4.25

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of street-racing-stars.exe (Adware)
2015.7.16.1

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.FirseriaInstaller
t3scan.1.8.9.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.181.12795

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Fiseria
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Solimba
v2015.04.14.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Firseria.7
16.0.0.312

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Fiseria.dpfuzu
0.30.16.1110

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.Firseria.7
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.Fiseria.414112.B
15.04.14.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.14.01

Quick Heal
PUA.Firseria.DC3
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Solimba
15.4.14.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.19E3
23.00.65.15412

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
5.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782980
31208

File size:
404.4 KB (414,112 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.19

Copyright:
© 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Firseria

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
11/11/2013 10:34:44 AM

Valid to:
11/12/2014 10:34:44 AM

Subject:
E=support@solimba.com, CN=Firseria, O=Firseria, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
112130C3B28D7C9C29B8B07321EF3F8A1462

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/14/2014 3:38:27 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:302TsZ+1JC3vmgm0HPfpsBdieUhp0NksZEUONnKzI:34aJ4hmwPfhpPsZEUSKzI

Entry address:
0x820A4

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 5A, 0B, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 2B, C0, AC, 8B, C8, 80, E1, F0, 24, 0F, C1, E1, 0C, 8A, E8, AC, 0B, C8, 51, 02, CD, BD, 00, FD, FF, FF, D3, E5, 59, 58, 8B, DC, 8D, A4, 6C, 90, F1, FF, FF, 51, 2B, C9, 51, 51, 8B, CC, 51, 66, 8B, 17, C1, E2, 0C, 52, 57, 83, C1, 04, 51, 50, 83, C1, 04, 56, 51, E8, 5E, 00, 00, 00, 8B, E3, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10...
 
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Entropy:
7.9805

Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
121 KB (123,904 bytes)

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

http://gg.gg/h1i1

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to www.softologic.com  (174.37.181.31:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to www.ibbalance.com  (173.192.190.227:443)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to stats-182385724-1591972470.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com  (54.221.252.69:80)

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