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matlab.exe

Contumar Empresarial

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 matlab.exe by Contumar Empresarial 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  (signed and verified)

MD5:
462ca91611dd92846ef32375506c4960

SHA-1:
7258f9e8f4e55ce88a0e9b1a38dbcdec80c16558

SHA-256:
0c25cff724a902cf9392b3cb7a10d1fd5cd457eb90491572129cba998964ca4b

Scanner detections:
1 / 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:
11/23/2024 10:52:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.5.1

File size:
562.7 KB (576,224 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Contumar Empresarial

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
9/23/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/23/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Contumar Empresarial, O=Contumar Empresarial, L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
2948ACD2126C11B674661E79E57D288D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2014 8:08:51 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:v7f9BQ3idTIW1WLL9kBIUJLLYpQiRqMqrDEBcq1st:v7f9BFdT/1M+MVE8st

Entry address:
0xD44C

Entry point:
E8, AF, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, C0, 5F, 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:
7.7648  (probably packed)

Code size:
111 KB (113,664 bytes)

The file matlab.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://sagefile.com/n/3.2.15/.../Matlab.exe

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