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audacity.exe

Bechiro sl

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 audacity.exe by Bechiro 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. 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:
Bechiro sl  (signed and verified)

MD5:
2e4c34a7576b28a612e1916cc17e736a

SHA-1:
d4d3fe7813fa7789432cca6d11cd71d75b74495a

SHA-256:
375c9f2f2a882814454f4594550f386a11717e334b103ad162f0e764eb062e98

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:
11/5/2024 12:42:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.7.31.19

File size:
562 KB (575,536 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Bechiro sl

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
8/1/2014 10:25:57 AM

Valid to:
8/1/2016 10:25:57 AM

Subject:
CN=Bechiro sl, O=Bechiro sl, L=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
112137190C5DFED5E171B34698C4D7367405

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/4/2014 1:00:46 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Yb+tijs1TQZrq2QLuBufr8GRSfTp1MFXVibupsrF6+wt:Yb+tJ1TCr1Eucr8P1MFIb0dt

Entry address:
0xD44C

Entry point:
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Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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

http://lamefile.com/n/3.2.13/.../Audacity.exe

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