formatfactory.exe

fulgeo regius imputo mendosus XLVI-II

Condestil Developments s.l.

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 formatfactory.exe by Condestil Developments s.l 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:
procella subvenio  (signed by Condestil Developments s.l.)

Product:
fulgeo regius imputo mendosus XLVI-II

Description:
oportunitas

Version:
2.91.50.16

MD5:
50abd1e40653aba7c42be7a8d8269d0e

SHA-1:
96084636b4bdc7c3bebf8217bb40ef7ec0fe65bc

SHA-256:
cf2b86351a4589a0d592eb594ef17d3fb1bb035b37b004cafb91ebeb1e14690d

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
5/5/2024 9:56:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
17.3.12.16

File size:
537.7 KB (550,624 bytes)

Product version:
44.53.46.19

Copyright:
Copyright 2014 exhibeo victor

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/24/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Condestil Developments s.l., O=Condestil Developments s.l., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
43F850AA43DAD92FF6603BEB72F415DD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/23/2014 11:29:26 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0xDE2C

Entry point:
E8, A3, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, 6F, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 74, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 36, 6C, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, FF, 64, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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