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:
465f9f01fe5caa9a3401edc32de10afe

SHA-1:
8a12e7fd1a6ebc38d1b45aa568c9aa81f824cf4a

SHA-256:
df5b737140c21b2a3138e7ffb513fb5c90e4bd269edbc62429a02b46dbe1d5c1

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:
12/26/2024 3:04:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.7.16.22

File size:
626.2 KB (641,240 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\atube catcher.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2016 8:59:59 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 4:05:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+r8kQVTEycwZNmIyDDx1rM+baUzTfqLJxzUpqNstw/ETDH5X8:3kQh03x1rMODfa2IjgT5X8

Entry address:
0x10FEC

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

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