avast! free antivirus.exe

festinatio II-II autus

POPELER SYSTEM, S.L.

The setup program uses the Firseria/Solimba AppInstaller (DownloadMR) which is a monetization download manager that bundles additional adware offers, typically by wrapping legitimate applications. The application avast! free antivirus.exe, “auditor corrigo infortunatus” by POPELER SYSTEM, 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:
conventus  (signed by POPELER SYSTEM, S.L.)

Product:
festinatio II-II autus

Description:
auditor corrigo infortunatus

Version:
40.32.37.32

MD5:
37d66a5eceb23ad81796bbe269e9b484

SHA-1:
75f9f2161859403c24bb064510678edb902c9d08

SHA-256:
edfe4796776fc88aae47acbdabf5312d0741fb7ae021f24b088f2d9f8f29c9e7

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:
12/25/2024 3:22:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.POPELERS (M)
16.5.26.15

File size:
537.7 KB (550,624 bytes)

Product version:
17.84.2.48

Copyright:
praesidium

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}\avast! free antivirus.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/24/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/28/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="POPELER SYSTEM, S.L.", OU=IT, O="POPELER SYSTEM, S.L.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
7D4509F01375B349F2DE66BF15A48CD7

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/4/2014 9:12:54 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:9mjMceBqnsqTy90Q3azIwP6/h6PbEKWCdiVpQi9y42cZIH4xu:9mqfqTfQxwiIDdWCgXQi0HYu

Entry address:
0xDE2C

Entry point:
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Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

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