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SETUPPROCESS

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application ares music.exe by SETUPPROCESS 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.
Publisher:
SETUPPROCESS  (signed and verified)

Description:
SetupManager

Version:
3.0.30.2

MD5:
1afbbe4e0a4919fe213ea63a23f61f28

SHA-1:
955e5d7febd198ea7354fe8ea5047a7121de8ee9

SHA-256:
bbf548665b60cd4e40a4751b89db82d3a9e637eb543d04d401097a16a83dda35

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
11/26/2024 10:19:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.6.13

File size:
267.9 KB (274,288 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.30

Copyright:
Copyright ©2014

Original file name:
setup_installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
SETUPPROCESS

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
11/26/2013 10:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/1/2014 10:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=SETUPPROCESS, O=SETUPPROCESS, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0A8ABFC7C80D0C2F0A3A89CF6139A91D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/7/2014 1:46:02 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:gr6reu56KHY7vu1H1RBGl8TVXFeZYYbFAcbeu5Z5AxTi/IrE:RCqY721HtZeYPIpPW0/SE

Entry address:
0x7C117

Entry point:
60, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 58, 05, 9F, 02, 00, 00, 8B, 30, 03, F0, 2B, C0, 8B, FE, 66, AD, C1, E0, 0C, 8B, C8, 50, AD, 2B, C8, 03, F1, 8B, C8, 57, 51, 49, 8A, 44, 39, 06, 88, 04, 31, 75, F6, 8B, D6, 8B, CF, E8, 5C, 00, 00, 00, 5E, 5A, 2B, C0, 89, 04, 32, B4, 10, 2B, D0, 2B, C9, 3B, CA, 73, 26, 8B, D9, AC, 41, 24, FE, 3C, E8, 75, F2, 43, 83, C1, 04, AD, 0B, C0, 78, 06, 3B, C2, 73, E5, EB, 06, 03, C3, 78, DF, 03, C2, 2B, C3, 89, 46, FC, EB, D6, E8, 00, 00, 00, 00, 5F, 81, C7, 8C, FF, FF, FF, B0, E9, AA, B8, 9B...
 
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Packer / compiler:
ASPack v1.08.04

Code size:
102 KB (104,448 bytes)

The file ares music.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.downloadahsaequouzet.com/n/.../Ares Music.exe

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/909574293/launch

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