advanced rar.rar.exe

Vetaform 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 advanced rar.rar.exe by Vetaform 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:
Vetaform Developments, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
301a461d8458249c0afa2a30250f1e03

SHA-1:
fef1097e53ce873b8d9961a85485acef4909b2b5

SHA-256:
2953e599f41f55f1eab70d8d4708583f78d101580d3482e522178ad6831ed96d

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:
11/23/2024 5:31:11 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Vetaform (M)
16.6.26.22

File size:
519.1 KB (531,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/22/2014 12:37:59 PM

Valid to:
12/22/2016 12:37:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Vetaform Developments, s.l.", O="Vetaform Developments, s.l.", L=Badalona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
11214A840538566C60A8459CC4FF24F6A711

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/27/2015 11:42:47 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:U4/0L9HTEq0GeLd6QxJjP6qnCmHrfRxM7Vws:U4sBTZ0GeLcQxBPlHzRmCs

Entry address:
0xC6AC

Entry point:
E8, AC, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C0, 4C, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 7D, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 3F, 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, 08, 65, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7206  (probably packed)

Code size:
107.5 KB (110,080 bytes)

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

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