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octodad.exe

firseria installer

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 octodad.exe by Apps Installer S.L 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. 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.

File name:

octodad.exe

Publisher:

firseria s.l. (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Product:

firseria installer

Description:

setup

Version:

3.1.16.11

MD5:

c0912a80e094b8104d3f9825f4c21f80

SHA-1:

6e45db304ab63728e53d48f8e24f2793c255fcaa

SHA-256:

8079c7d1eb65a1d85ce07d665646c3357925812684d81fb4f87e1cc523d3c2b7

Scanner detections:

1 / 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 '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:

11/5/2024 2:34:12 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Solimba (M)

17.2.21.17

File size:

501.9 KB (513,944 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.19

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\octodad.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer S.L.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/26/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

5/27/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

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

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

0F51D368012CA12391845223E21F245A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/24/2014 9:20:52 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

Entry address:

0xDFB8

Entry point:

E8, 5E, 6D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 56, 57, 85, D2, 74, 07, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 13, E8, 5F, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 03, 2C, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 33, 8B, 45, 10, 85, C0, 75, 04, 88, 02, EB, E2, 8B, F2, 2B, F0, 8A, 08, 88, 0C, 06, 40, 84, C9, 74, 03, 4F, 75, F3, 85, FF, 75, 11, C6, 02, 00, E8, 29, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, C6, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.6333

Code size:

116.5 KB (119,296 bytes)

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/1805662047/launch

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