greeting-card-studio.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application greeting-card-studio.exe by Apps Installer SL has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Solimba DownloadMR installer. The installer 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 greeting-card-studio.softbull.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
applications install  (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
install.exe

Version:
3.1.10.42

MD5:
6d99945e55e4abcf596fc4e9dd7dfd95

SHA-1:
b58256e126841285cf0431b4e604e4c2144b2372

SHA-256:
32f7162352dddc7b512ed3fb13994c088ab548b00e5b3fbafbb2c928ff004a80

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
12/26/2024 3:55:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.A.28
7.11.150.22

AVG
Win.Threat.Medium
2014.0.3950

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.KFA
18285

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9810

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.5.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.12109

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Firseria
v2014.05.16.05

Reason Heuristics
PUP.AppsInstallerSL.U
14.7.28.0

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29280

File size:
498.4 KB (510,352 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.10

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\greeting-card-studio.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/24/2014 8:38:03 AM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 8:38:03 AM

Subject:
CN=Apps Installer SL, O=Apps Installer SL, L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
1121CBDE0E20D87673EA3438EEEB8A63BE19

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/4/2014 8:19:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yTFERriEKHWHqlha0vW2cSaFOG7WHuJCX7:yToiEKHWHUaocSaVrk7

Entry address:
0xE9EA

Entry point:
E8, CC, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 78, E4, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 2C, E1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 42, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 64...
 
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Entropy:
7.6513

Code size:
116 KB (118,784 bytes)

The file greeting-card-studio.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn.solimba.com  (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.downloadmr.com  (95.211.39.161:80)

 
http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/15897042/launch

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