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avs_media_player.exe

AVS Media Player

Solimba Aplicaciones 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 by Solimba Aplicaciones S.L has been detected as adware by 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. During install, it bundles potentially unwanted software on a user's computer at the same time without adequate consent. The file has been seen being downloaded from d9yt0xeucd09m.cloudfront.net and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
AVS Media Player

Version:
2.1.249.0

MD5:
eb0d4bdbb2baa4a36434ddbe2781e027

SHA-1:
f8a4812b9987ac4d7c3cd154da4e5e5704ae776a

SHA-256:
6e2b7980af35af7bb7cceaa4446e679db6451d2a19030234e0cb8781c2790335

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
May bundle additional potentially unwanted software such as adware during setup.

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 12:21:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AhnLab V3 Security
Win-PUP/Solimba
2014.10.12

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Solimba.Gen5
7.11.177.172

avast!
Win32:Solimba-D [PUP]
2014.9-160112

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.MSIL.Solimba
4.0.3.16112

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
1.0.20.60

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
16577

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.83
9.0.1.012

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
8.16.01.12.03

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba
10.10547

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/PasswordProtectedEXE
1/12/2016

F-Prot
W32/Solimba.A.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Solimba.A
11.2016-12-01_3

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba
16.1.22

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.SuspectCRC
t3scan.2.0.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.170.9001

Malwarebytes
PUP.BundleInstaller.DMR
v2016.01.12.03

McAfee
Artemis!6418B034D076
5600.6523

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Solimba.1
17.0.0.36

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.mqimt
0.24.0.53443

Norman
W32/Solimba.EK
11.20160112

Panda Antivirus
Adware/Solimba
16.01.12.03

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.SolimbaAplicaciones.Bundler (M)
16.1.12.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Win32.Generic.151F364C!354367052
23.00.65.16110

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.Solimba
9391

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.R4FZ1L9
7.2.12

Trend Micro
TROJ_GEN.R4FZ1L9
10.465.12

Vba32 AntiVirus
Signed-AdWare.MSIL.SolimbaAplicacionesSL
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
33834

File size:
108.5 KB (111,064 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR (using Nullsoft Install System)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Solimba Aplicaciones S.L.

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/16/2011 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/16/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Solimba Aplicaciones S.L., L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
450EE582E26020D5F7632F2BECC6C5BD

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2009 11:50:46 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:KQpQ5EP0ijnRTXJn7NeYRNgKJ+BCyJCBa9i414utAnVcM4q/xPxOvK09Hkvd:KQIURTXJZeqgKJ+BCKCBa4L0c59tmU

Entry address:
0x323C

Entry point:
81, EC, 80, 01, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 33, DB, 57, 89, 5C, 24, 18, C7, 44, 24, 10, 30, 91, 40, 00, 33, F6, C6, 44, 24, 14, 20, FF, 15, 30, 70, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, B4, 70, 40, 00, 53, FF, 15, 7C, 72, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, 3F, 42, 00, E8, 09, 2C, 00, 00, A3, A4, 3E, 42, 00, 53, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, 60, 01, 00, 00, 50, 53, 68, 58, F4, 41, 00, FF, 15, 58, 71, 40, 00, 68, B8, 91, 40, 00, 68, A0, 36, 42, 00, E8, BC, 28, 00, 00, FF, 15, B0, 70, 40, 00, BF, 00, 90, 42, 00, 50, 57, E8, AA, 28, 00, 00...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
23 KB (23,552 bytes)

The file avs_media_player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://d9yt0xeucd09m.cloudfront.net/.../AVS_Media_Player.exe

http://dl.downloadmr.com/.../AVS_Media_Player.exe

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