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Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application avast! free antivirus.exe, “Application Installer” by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Appsinstaller  (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
Application Installer

Version:
3.1.7

MD5:
a8befa85bf80cdd4cb4167d9fbe25ae0

SHA-1:
7df832227eee54f294deb3b6e07ed0a88035f998

SHA-256:
13a8c230da7a99c72f0de1c37d36440128b572fc72dc71515bc9b6223a3de2d3

Scanner detections:
12 / 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 3:47:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.B.1
7.11.140.76

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3519

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RFW
18018

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2353
9.0.1.089

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9614

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.3.24

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2014.03.30.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.V
14.7.28.0

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
27870

File size:
292.4 KB (299,368 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.3

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avast! free antivirus.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/24/2014 3:38:03 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 3:38:03 PM

Subject:
CN=Apps Installer SL, O=Apps Installer SL, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
1121CBDE0E20D87673EA3438EEEB8A63BE19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/17/2014 12:48:36 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:1bB5wA3FBCwqtIRRgY3h4oNeNxSyVGuzwRnWbvM2Hs8:NrwYuwqtIRRX4oMVGJRgrHs8

Entry address:
0xE459

Entry point:
E8, CD, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, E4, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 30, E1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 42, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 64...
 
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Code size:
115 KB (117,760 bytes)

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn.solimba.com  (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.downloadmr.com  (95.211.39.161:80)

 
http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/9773835/launch

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