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WinZip

Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application winzip.exe by Solimba Aplicaciones S.L 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from d9yt0xeucd09m.cloudfront.net.
Publisher:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
WinZip

Version:
2.1.159.0

MD5:
e33b1a7a63563fa823840765ba85f638

SHA-1:
0541b2a134f8878cd5dd91e0a081fc9027d1a7b0

SHA-256:
439b6b949065c538145c3c7429c384cb38763b1f35e281c46b8ac51fcea2d3dc

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:
4/24/2024 3:34:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
6223147

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Solimba
2014.11.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen5
7.11.185.104

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150319-0

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
1.0.20.495

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Solimba-10
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
20073

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.83
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Fam.NB
4/9/2015

F-Prot
W32/Solimba.A.gen
4.6.5.141

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
11.2015-09-04_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
15.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.14007

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.MSIL.Solimba
14.0.0.2218

Malwarebytes
Trojan.Repacked
v2015.04.09.10

McAfee
Program.Artemis!E33B1A7A6356
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
16.0.0.297

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.cthmqi
0.28.6.63362

Norman
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
03.12.2014 13:20:04

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Solimba
15.04.09.10

Quick Heal
AdWare.MSIL.r3 (Not a Virus)
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Solimba.Bundler
15.4.9.9

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
5.12

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GE.59D169E9
7.2.99

Trend Micro
TROJ_GE.59D169E9
10.465.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-AdWare.MSIL.SolimbaAplicacionesSL
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4782980
38950

File size:
108.1 KB (110,696 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/15/2011 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
5/15/2013 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., L=Badalona, 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:
450EE582E26020D5F7632F2BECC6C5BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 2:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/QIURTXJ8eqgKJ+BCsC44hw84uTOEpn/Oe/U:/sOgKRfhwhcOEp/Oec

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.3009

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

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

http://d9yt0xeucd09m.cloudfront.net/.../WinZip.exe

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