bluestacks.exe

Contumar Empresarial s.l.

This belongs to a Solimba product that may be bundled with additional PUPs or may be part of an ad-supported software program. The application bluestacks.exe by Contumar Empresarial 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:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d6c1d9a9cec2e02f9d604f272da9bbeb

SHA-1:
8e4c34b091130d2a61b2fa41ca79754e6716683c

SHA-256:
3f845d1e78ed68c51c5df8a93da550cb50e780a4b91a0545f9436d27568a393f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 7:47:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.ContumarEmpresarial (M)
16.2.23.8

File size:
675.1 KB (691,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 9:00:38 AM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 11:00:25 AM

Subject:
CN=Contumar Empresarial s.l., O=Contumar Empresarial s.l., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
112119FE6AFB4FA7129F4F594CD3E07D5B21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/18/2015 9:20:10 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ijTPlGaJY8jGOIf0B4wGPWlnTXSIYWkGiIM6P4IuViSZp+o+GI3TTulejKV3fE:QTPlGoyf0B4Z+dTixJIMV/+9TTu4uV3s

Entry address:
0x118B4

Entry point:
E8, 26, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 40, DC, 42, 00, E8, 66, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, B9, 95, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, 62, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7040  (probably packed)

Code size:
141 KB (144,384 bytes)

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