popcorn_time.exe

Contumar Empresarial s.l.

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 popcorn_time.exe by Contumar Empresarial 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. 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 s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
fb666ad86fde00ee5d95eb89210f4d82

SHA-1:
a5f00d823c6ec0aa314917bb768b69702201eed7

SHA-256:
7e583fd1cf8f4f616d06e1dd5f39036f467e50cafb0375b1ce6c271a1d9ca07c

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:
11/27/2024 8:48:20 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.ContumarEmpresarial (M)
16.1.20.11

File size:
678.1 KB (694,368 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2015 12:00:38 PM

Valid to:
9/24/2016 12:00:25 PM

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

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

Serial number:
112119FE6AFB4FA7129F4F594CD3E07D5B21

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/18/2015 9:58:05 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:ZyE2QYrOLw9saOiCXcU/OQOCeDHg23sMhEJZT1aRYNg+6M:cE2QYrr6iwcWOQOfLg6sMCDT1a2a+6M

Entry address:
0x118B4

Entry point:
E8, 2F, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, F8, DB, 42, 00, E8, F6, 56, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, C2, 95, 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, E9, 4C, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
141 KB (144,384 bytes)

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