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adwcleaner.exe

Apps Installer S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application adwcleaner.exe by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 18 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. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.

File name:

adwcleaner.exe

Publisher:

App.install (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Description:

setup.manager

Version:

3.1.12.5

MD5:

f60f7689e32b9bf4a25fbff8517e6149

SHA-1:

10b57d023a56af0f2ac73623f3564678fd22d114

SHA-256:

81d957de749e31e1e1124dd2c7456847b06cf6cba33adeb1f79334ae54336e99

Scanner detections:

18 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

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:

12/26/2024 12:00:50 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.M

968

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/FirseriaI.A

7.11.153.178

avast!

Win32:Solimba-C [PUP]

2014.9-140604

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.M

1.0.20.815

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.Firseria.K

18458

Dr.Web

Trojan.MulDrop5.32888

9.0.1.0163

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)

8.9907

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.M

11.2014-12-06_5

G Data

Application.Bundler

14.6.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of regalyzer.exe (Adware)

2014.8.18.17

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.1712333

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller

v2014.06.04.09

McAfee

Artemis!D5103E38C18A

5600.7102

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.M

15.0.0.489

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.K

14.8.7.18

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

DownloadMR

30028

File size:

496.4 KB (508,264 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.15

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\adwcleaner.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer S.L.

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

2/19/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

2/20/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Apps Installer S.L., O=Apps Installer S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

323F44D66AEF890F43C32CFD743A4AD0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/3/2014 12:18:13 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:wYYZr6ypt7xGspjYu+Uhx63UXBQddduJDOxed:wYcr6y/xxsg9BND0ed

Entry address:

0xE05C

Entry point:

E8, 7A, 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, 38, 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, F8, E0, 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:

113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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/18469788/launch

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