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Apps Installer S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application mozilla firefox.exe by Apps Installer S.L 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Apps Installer S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
a887c64538391d2499467725ebbfc458

SHA-1:
cd41ba0e01298f7a1cfdb5df7fa968c1990f7852

SHA-256:
d135f811228562a2e394b83b4e62ae17d3eb2f575ba486476a26adc1e1d384f8

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

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 1:20:59 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Solimba.GW
16526

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1125
9.0.1.0157

ESET NOD32
MSIL/Solimba
9.8512

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/NSIS_Agent
6/6/2015

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.Agent
14.0.0.1926

McAfee
PUP-FCC!A887C6453839
5600.6742

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Bundler
15.6.6.17

Sophos
DownloadMR
4.90

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0616
7.2.157

Trend Micro
ADW_SOLIMBA
10.465.06

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.22.2

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
19200

File size:
186.1 KB (190,544 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer S.L.

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/18/2013 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/19/2015 3:59:59 PM

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

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

Serial number:
323F44D66AEF890F43C32CFD743A4AD0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 7:01:49 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:XX7DItrfaocyTgfsqQOlJSuOCMhNEiD48/TIXvTS5fb137B7bifAWAAIc:XsaocyLCS2cNT48bIXvMB7xifAcN

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.5556

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

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

http://dl.fafdmr.com/n/3.0.9.2/.../Mozilla Firefox.exe

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/68196438/launch

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