candy frenzy for pc.exe

Contumar Empresarial

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 candy frenzy for pc.exe by Contumar Empresarial 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  (signed and verified)

MD5:
aa5d4087d00438ff34f450eb6ab44587

SHA-1:
0b1a52364bf51a871f480b925f04ff9fbc998a33

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:
1/14/2025 2:16:37 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Contumar (M)
16.6.27.11

File size:
583.2 KB (597,216 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\candy frenzy for pc.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/23/2016 7:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
2948ACD2126C11B674661E79E57D288D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/11/2014 11:21:24 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:y7Pnn9N6iJTSk2Il4QxhTbrKnxTXDyOi6k/XAp3CDctIN1pbGI4:y7v9xJTh2IS0PruVi6k/bDcQKI4

Entry address:
0xD44C

Entry point:
E8, AF, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, E0, 5F, 42, 00, E8, FE, 15, 00, 00, E8, 80, 6E, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 42, 6C, 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, 0B, 65, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7342  (probably packed)

Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

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