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avs media player.exe

AVS Media Player

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 avs media player.exe, “AVS Media Player AppInstaller” by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 14 anti-malware scanners. 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.
Publisher:
Apps Installer S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVS Media Player

Description:
AVS Media Player AppInstaller

Version:
3.0.8.0

MD5:
035ebadac38db92a0ac6444ecf0382dc

SHA-1:
8fd0cda89135615164a14d9be6de1403f6f4c023

SHA-256:
e64f0c0ae2be6751be89d5ec140dee31297c0e3c6316420a0d0a76ac402503d1

Scanner detections:
14 / 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 is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/25/2024 1:55:58 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen
7.11.92.144

avast!
Win32:Solimba-C [PUP]
2014.9-140816

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3380

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.GW
16647

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1125
9.0.1.0228

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba
8.8418

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/Solimba
8/16/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS
t3scan.2.0.3.0

McAfee
Artemis!035EBADAC38D
5600.7036

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.Q
14.8.16.12

Sophos
DownloadMR
4.89

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0531
7.2.228

Trend Micro
ADW_SOLIMBA
10.465.16

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
18466

File size:
198.6 KB (203,320 bytes)

Copyright:
AppInstaller 2013 (500ffdb2-f608-4eb3-9c17-1a175bc06f2f)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\avs media player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/18/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/19/2015 5:59:59 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:
2/19/2012 9:01:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:0X7DItrfaocyTgfsqQOlJzlCwaRBofWQFI77rQmxx3vil0vaQsqxju6UlKK+Xywa:0saocyLCkxoifr/b3e0vaMxolV1mwP

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.5926

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

The file avs media player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl01.fabdmr.com/n/.../AVS_Media_Player.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/27096678/launch

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