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Danorel Integral

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 google dns helper.exe by Danorel Integral has been detected as adware by 35 anti-malware scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.winportal.com.
Publisher:
Danorel Integral  (signed and verified)

MD5:
30edea6e6df72a4cead7f98e159902c4

SHA-1:
fc8be67c3df03c3263bccbb20a37a43d7b4f1638

SHA-256:
278f989b4366bdc750c82dbc5701bc96dab5d9bbe752c15450a46884068c02ef

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
11/2/2024 5:34:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Morstar.J
656

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Morstar
2015.01.15

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.Gen
7.11.201.74

avast!
Win32:Morstar-Q [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Adware BundleApp_r
2016.0.3134

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.Solimba
4.0.3.15420

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Morstar.J
1.0.20.550

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Morstar-50
0.98/19976

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.GH
20708

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.64099
9.0.1.0110

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Application.Bundler.Morstar
8.15.04.20.05

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba.AK.gen potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Morstars
4/20/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-d8e33fef
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Application.Bundler.Morstar
11.2015-20-04_2

G Data
Application.Bundler.Morstar
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of herdprotect.exe (Adware)
2015.7.21.13

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.MSIL.Solimba
t3scan.1.8.6.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.191.14645

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Morstar
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Solimba
v2015.04.20.05

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!B22C2A69F55D
5600.6790

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Morstar.J
16.0.0.330

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.djsrhf
0.30.0.64448

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Kazy.525798
11.20150420

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.20.05

Quick Heal
Adware.Firseria.A5
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Solimba.DanorelIntegral
15.4.20.1

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Morstar!6.1B3E
23.00.65.15418

Sophos
PUA 'Solimba Installer'
59

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
36694

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.60036
2.0.0.2043

File size:
554.7 KB (568,024 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Danorel Integral

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/24/2014 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 2:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Danorel Integral, O=Danorel Integral, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
0C903250E5B6BC8883153FAB99138CD5

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/23/2014 11:31:34 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:F7S9QQsDTycr3wYKkCum2DDberc0QAGD2omyGeZDx0C5WWg:F7S9cDTHrADkC6D/XAVomyGeEC5pg

Entry address:
0xD44C

Entry point:
E8, AF, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 00, 60, 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:
7.7581  (probably packed)

Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

The file google dns helper.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.winportal.com/google-dns-helper/download/.../4813

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