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ares.exe

Prelasan Developments s.l.

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

MD5:
688332f40be2cc6b66f09df57b2486b9

SHA-1:
19b30a370eadd271c57ce97c127aea347b9c321d

SHA-256:
7ce232b63a9a6266a535d40004df7931c18ba81b76b05f5f93e3b4d89fc370c4

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:
11/24/2024 1:22:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.3.13

File size:
212.8 KB (217,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Prelasan Developments s.l.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/3/2015 5:57:44 AM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 11:07:57 AM

Subject:
CN=Prelasan Developments s.l., O=Prelasan Developments s.l., L=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
11215E74094630A820F1780B2676F6A18842

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 4:50:52 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:Te34y2pgTh+3pwLpAKKi8A//t4V1TLAo/oPqTXFemJ:bch+3KaltAnIhLB/fT1J

Entry address:
0x30FA

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 60, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 18, EC, 42, 00, E8, F1, 2B, 00, 00, A3, 64, EB, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 98, 8F, 42, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, 54, 91, 40, 00, 68, 60, E3, 42, 00, E8, A4, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, AC, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 40, 43, 00, 50, 57, E8, 92, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.8575

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23.5 KB (24,064 bytes)

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

http://dl.poconelson.com/n/.../ares.exe

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