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atube catcher.exe

Investena Concept, 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 atube catcher.exe by Investena Concept, 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:
Investena Concept, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8d13c3d4f015e8d68fa4746f9a2ddb44

SHA-1:
63e2b7af6b47afdc81ffef59d817abe89ad218c6

SHA-256:
3f5dfcfbb4c1ce55e4c66cecb07ad16f3cdea6c44077044b7117c37e58b5d94c

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:
1/13/2025 8:54:17 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Investen (M)
16.6.18.8

File size:
626.2 KB (641,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\atube catcher.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Investena Concept, s.l.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="Investena Concept, s.l.", O="Investena Concept, s.l.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
40AA34E55B1BC6EE54598A0C83C81304

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/28/2015 2:05:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+r8kQVTEycwZNmIyDDx1rM+baUzTfqLJxzUpqNstw/ETDH5Xv:3kQh03x1rMODfa2IjgT5Xv

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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

http://dl.get1993desk.com/n/.../aTube Catcher.exe

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