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ace of spades.exe

Investena Concept, 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 ace of spades.exe by Investena Concept, 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:
Investena Concept, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d4ba8644acb6ecf0979f1f0e1cb66e8c

SHA-1:
669fe5adf77274da7c3936c1e331b4c25a29284c

SHA-256:
aa929d35a04207be29f1e95b6e0e9ea5ef4b5f2045b6d8061932f86250c7ddd2

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:
4/18/2025 9:19:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Investen (M)
16.6.24.12

File size:
633.2 KB (648,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\ace of spades.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Investena Concept, s.l.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Investena Concept, s.l.", O="Investena Concept, s.l.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
40AA34E55B1BC6EE54598A0C83C81304

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/28/2015 7:34:56 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:hEN2o2TEYcjYFNQkPFRRwCMc2qT55H5UvpfN4P9LJrAeMe36i0:w2ouFekdwCMBqTLZw3wXrAC36B

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
E8, 7E, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, 2A, 43, 00, E8, BE, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 11, 96, 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, BD, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.5815

Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

The file ace of spades.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.get1993desk.com/n/.../Ace of Spades.exe

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