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vaio control center -.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 vaio control center -.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 20 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 www.softpicks.fr. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

Publisher:

AppsInstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

XIX installer

Version:

3.1.10.19

MD5:

a90f4c310cf24189a87aa870b5df78e5

SHA-1:

6b229b3aa9292233521293e2f2841df85cc95924

SHA-256:

5c83b5d61c1845a9c28d5339e6aeefc7f9d80d99f5e0838393e1ebbcf78e77d8

Scanner detections:

20 / 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:

4/27/2024 1:13:12 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

1022

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Firseria

7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/Firseria.A.16

7.11.144.50

avast!

Win32:Installer-AR [PUP]

2014.9-140419

AVG

BundleApp

2015.0.3500

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

1.0.20.545

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RRB

18125

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

8.14.07.07.10

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9693

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

11.2014-19-04_7

G Data

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of flv_media_player.exe (Adware)

2014.7.7.10

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.176.11806

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppsInstall

v2014.04.19.01

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Jaik.1395

15.0.0.327

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.V

14.7.28.0

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF

23.00.65.14417

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

28350

File size:

491.7 KB (503,512 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.6

Original file name:

setupXIX.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\vaio control center -.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 4:38:03 AM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 4:38:03 AM

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:

4/13/2014 11:55:45 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:+JW3oa+kXJQWJ0d4tlMgvkepHc1vVgoBjWwU8:+JW3oa+MVY+lFcYHcpVzj3r

Entry address:

0xEE44

Entry point:

E8, B2, 78, 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, F4, 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, 28, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 64, 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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Entropy:

7.6523

Code size:

117 KB (119,808 bytes)

The file vaio control center -.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.softpicks.fr/programs/.../383661.html

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/12298422/launch

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