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winrar.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 winrar.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 8 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download WinRAR archiver but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
r-installer  (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
app download

Version:
3.1.11.2

MD5:
4315ab419c3277e7758dcb89abae9505

SHA-1:
aefc37cbcac4eb9093aee5b240277706e0c3bc6c

SHA-256:
57023079753d1e3277ef490392fd31152862ac0987896b53b22d48f898dbbbd3

Scanner detections:
8 / 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 11:11:10 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RRA
18284

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.8.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.12109

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2014.08.18.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppsInstallerSL.G
14.8.18.18

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
29270

File size:
495.8 KB (507,664 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.13

Copyright:
copyright © MMXIV

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Swedish (Sweden)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer SL

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:
5/15/2014 11:59:01 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:+2xvIowx9CSZi+vdXhcVhkdtW0zmIMf5h2gPoFjdz52Wb3/mh7Q/u1PE0e/qHPBp:+2hHYEqrvdKX+q5IVL0G2uJCtJ/

Entry address:
0xEA0A

Entry point:
E8, BC, 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, 2C, 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 winrar.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.download366.com/winrar/download/.../704

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/27351252/launch

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