watermark image.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 watermark image.exe, “Installation Manager” by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 29 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:
Applications Install  (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
Installation Manager

Version:
3.1.11.12

MD5:
9b1e0d6b87fab4156991f3e3f31c4399

SHA-1:
e0612e84d31dc00bd4a16ad4e7129b7c6a0caa13

SHA-256:
9456166a9ecb12be1d2b073d3050b06d1f41916a6ae3b46f417241ac64412044

Scanner detections:
29 / 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:
4/26/2024 6:47:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.57024
815

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.FirseriaInstaller
2014.07.13

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.A.38
7.11.160.112

avast!
Win32:Adware-BQN [Trj]
2014.9-141111

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3293

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.57024
1.0.20.1575

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6548
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.CJL
18849

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.4341
9.0.1.0315

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.57024
8.14.11.11.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.10088

F-Prot
W32/A-750fac82
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.57024
11.2014-11-11_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.57024
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.BundleApp
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.180.12701

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.Fiseria
14.0.0.2961

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Firseria
v2014.11.11.06

McAfee
Artemis!9B1E0D6B87FA
5600.6949

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Strictor.57024
15.0.0.945

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.cztjwu
0.28.0.60698

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.11.11.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Adware.fc1
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppsInstallerSL.P
14.11.11.18

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
31232

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.187386
2.0.0.1857

File size:
500.4 KB (512,400 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.14

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/24/2014 3:38:03 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 3:38:03 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:
5/24/2014 2:05:42 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:mBvV8KdpmmIGXsDSRkV0z6IMc9SPoajdz51IR7qb20WFP/XauRWnCSeL1o5VY9Up:mBtZTwBDSF39zRm6KuKCSC1Xq

Entry address:
0xEAE4

Entry point:
E8, 62, 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, 90, 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, 34, 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 watermark image.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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/40204122/launch

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