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setup.exe

Apps Installer SL

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application setup.exe by Apps Installer SL 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:

setup.exe

Publisher:

apinstaller (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:

apinstaller

Version:

3.1.10.29

MD5:

79338f4ec97cd2e499d8adb2ab3bb1e1

SHA-1:

99036b69cb78e4dd842b20ff87600c7d3d7ee7bd

SHA-256:

e711d1f926c14607da4463e529c49ca775418940ceed0d28e3e8676417a5a03e

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:

11/27/2024 2:55:07 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Solimba.AppsInstaller.Installer (M)

16.2.18.17

File size:

499.8 KB (511,760 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.10

Original file name:

apinstaller.exe

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Common path:

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

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer SL

Authority:

GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:

1/24/2014 3:38:03 PM

Valid to:

1/25/2015 3:38:03 PM

Subject:

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

Issuer:

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

Serial number:

1121CBDE0E20D87673EA3438EEEB8A63BE19

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

4/24/2014 6:46:07 PM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:D1qKMn+dPqHJAEczeb3y/M0mWuJCW6IJK:D1BMn+4HqEcCV7oIs

Entry address:

0xEF44

Entry point:

E8, C2, 78, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 88, F4, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 24, F1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 64, 42, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 64... 
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Code size:

117 KB (119,808 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 5 URLs.

http://download2095.mediafire.com/cx18p54kzpcg/.../setup(4).exe

http://download1140.mediafire.com/smci5alm21dg/.../setup(4).exe

http://download772.mediafire.com/5yc2pqi3agmg/.../setup(4).exe

http://download772.mediafire.com/b2rp862tccng/.../setup(4).exe

http://download772.mediafire.com/0sdb0h97h6ug/.../setup(4).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/219588405/launch

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