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age of empires iii.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application age of empires iii.exe by Apps Installer SL 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. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

winstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

winstaller

Version:

3.1.10.32

MD5:

e3a46cac74df03cbee096ca5866ce2fc

SHA-1:

d1f4c1eed99da2a9b194ae5c0535084b6cd2a358

SHA-256:

810eb7f12e9487dc86e40dadba3910c8d9e956d71f37557a932c009df37c6de1

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:

11/23/2024 10:16:58 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Solimba.AppsInst.Bundler (M)

16.7.12.0

File size:

500.3 KB (512,272 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.10

Original file name:

winstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\age of empires iii.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 5:38:03 PM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 5:38:03 PM

Subject:

CN=Apps Installer SL, O=Apps Installer SL, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121CBDE0E20D87673EA3438EEEB8A63BE19

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/25/2014 1:54:24 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:Q1quMFiDr+dPqMC10zOvfIM5mlgPM/pFjdz5vUe3eQ60evOfgZuR7bPS3ypjR0Y6:Q1qLMn+dPqXSqvFc9IeaOfauJz/bUp

Entry address:

0xEF44

Entry point:

E8, C2, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 88, F4, 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, 24, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 64, 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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Entropy:

7.6391

Code size:

117 KB (119,808 bytes)

The file age of empires iii.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.pc-file.com/age-of-empires-iii/download/.../12

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/762376626/launch

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