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avast-free-antivirus.exe

Apps Installer S.L.

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 by Apps Installer 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. The installer uses the Solimba download manager to push adware offers during the download and setup process. Bundled adware includes search and shopping web browser toolbars. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as the free AVAST Antivirus but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.

File name:

Publisher:

Appsinstalls (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Description:

setup mgr

Version:

3.1.12.2

MD5:

59c27b236b4533cb42fb7290e30091cf

SHA-1:

d23339ea36292977c95bc4e270f40366bfed5972

SHA-256:

92c9a3b04f817ca646d916ac57adf2763bac2b5ce08da7fe9ada34b0af17fce4

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

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:

1/12/2025 4:54:04 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Solimba (M)

16.7.23.14

File size:

501 KB (513,000 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.15

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 S.L.

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

2/18/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

2/19/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=Apps Installer S.L., O=Apps Installer S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

323F44D66AEF890F43C32CFD743A4AD0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/30/2014 6:27:30 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:zxcnJVK0iTmk/iCAkCcIL0zmB6KKMcWePoFjdz5c3S7zF20g6/UDuR7C8z0/Y7xm:zxcJULzaCAkaYk69Sv1UDuJCKDU

Entry address:

0xE84A

Entry point:

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Code size:

115.5 KB (118,272 bytes)

The file avast-free-antivirus.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.downloadiechahrixiew.com/n/3.1.12.2/.../avast-free-antivirus.exe

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/828451119/launch

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