downverter.exe

Thawte manager

Eilio Developments 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 downverter.exe by Eilio Developments 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:
Thawte.Installer_S.L.  (signed by Eilio Developments s.l.)

Product:
Thawte manager

Description:
Installer

Version:
3.1.22.18.4

MD5:
9cebcc45191a86e9c8c63be905222e4b

SHA-1:
e4fc32f40c17ec421ac166521e25e96ccb14375d

SHA-256:
5e16b05afc3ac5db07ad5a10b1ddb433b2c10eb3f497bb9d92bd99c5566b1d61

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:
12/26/2024 3:52:42 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.EilioDevelopments.Installer (M)
16.2.18.16

File size:
517.7 KB (530,136 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.22

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
7/24/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2016 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Eilio Developments s.l., O=Eilio Developments s.l., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
62A9979715091C35A10D5CC1298205DA

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 5:11:59 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:rmvQlk6OnF+T6zgSZQKxKFKAdK3QFvEqZ0YHw4GiYJBDhrCVi/:rmvQC5+TlSZQkENdK3QyqZ0YHNGlZsi/

Entry address:
0xDFEC

Entry point:
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Code size:
114 KB (116,736 bytes)

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