whatsapp.exe

Contumar Empresarial SL

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application whatsapp.exe by Contumar Empresarial SL 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 Solimba DownloadMR installer. It 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:
Contumar Empresarial SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
cd0adfc30c3872b5ca5c3bf0bed9d892

SHA-1:
07024cec6043b9141542e6d8e51bb1a49e85a61d

SHA-256:
41589d7ee03e09dd8ce26aafd69429b7358388b43b419a26a30278c6a4a4e629

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/2/2024 7:12:51 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Contumar (M)
16.5.17.11

File size:
580.3 KB (594,184 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/8/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/7/2017 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Contumar Empresarial SL, O=Contumar Empresarial SL, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
5379FD229D65B9C16E52201B20D1F0FD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/19/2014 9:28:34 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:GjKHCjsJTCgJzIgLQjN0/7L9qUcVwD8kZvLe/6Er4AMus0:GjKHlJTHkgcB0P9CWdB3A/

Entry address:
0xD44C

Entry point:
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Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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