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driver creative sound blaster x-fi.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 driver creative sound blaster x-fi.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:
9051ac5c4f84ee203a9d241378bb81f3

SHA-1:
2b242d053eb3aee3751f1973af2e32d95ddf20e4

SHA-256:
2774a7b95bb1a8490b41eedfbfade9a7e048f8b846dcad70d42f192e1ca0836b

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

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:
12/25/2024 11:51:09 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.7.23.18

File size:
612.6 KB (627,296 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\driver creative sound blaster x-fi.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Contumar Empresarial s.l.

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 12:00:38 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 12:00:25 PM

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:
5/21/2015 7:35:48 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:nzTJMWT57crpRGj84akAbqmmMbI8tEGcPHXGHiaRjBQMYrcJOw5lxC+l+A1Q4:HJMhzkAblcl6lqZr4JxCy+A+4

Entry address:
0x10F4C

Entry point:
E8, 85, 96, 00, 00, E9, 03, 00, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 6A, 14, 68, 90, CC, 42, 00, E8, AB, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 15, 96, 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, A3, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

The file driver creative sound blaster x-fi.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://get.chapinstalled.com/sb/n/.../Driver Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi.exe

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