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hp photosmart essential.exe

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 hp photosmart essential.exe by Danorel Integral 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:
Danorel Integral  (signed and verified)

MD5:
9e7767daab78d3ff1179238d58a09eff

SHA-1:
3fbe0ddc0712c1ff2411197f8b8ebf24cfd7abcb

SHA-256:
97aaf47c9869602f14cbcacc205bc0f2dc3676e72f6e8d040e9b0a7193049bb5

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:
11/28/2024 2:32:29 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.DanorelI (M)
16.7.1.12

File size:
566.7 KB (580,312 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\hp photosmart essential.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Danorel Integral

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

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

Valid to:
9/23/2016 8:59:59 PM

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:
12/22/2014 10:11:18 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:07/migsiToZRz/rLB0cpIRMNGxNAtvp5eAQk8Al+MsgVdvT:07/muiT4t0YUCGx2vje0Bl+MsgVtT

Entry address:
0xD44C

Entry point:
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Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

The file hp photosmart essential.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://foxyfolder.com/n/3.2.58/.../HP Photosmart Essential.exe

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