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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 19 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from download1579.mediafire.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
apps installer   (signed by Apps Installer SL)

Description:
Installer

Version:
3.1.10.8

MD5:
d6117c27ba89de89d6f483215e0becde

SHA-1:
c8b85e2fffb62e5f85e580e716ebb6fb4bd28023

SHA-256:
1857d90da4dd3960573335f176cdc7e0a038c7fda463fede11b7358bb34e49ac

Scanner detections:
19 / 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:
12/25/2024 12:26:07 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Firseria
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/Firseria.A.14
7.11.145.108

avast!
Win32:Installer-AR [PUP]
2014.9-140427

AVG
BundleApp
2015.0.3491

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FirseriaInstaller.RRB
18173

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2704
9.0.1.0117

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9728

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/FirseriaInstaller
4/27/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.Morstar
14.4.24

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11896

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2014.04.27.09

McAfee
Artemis!D6117C27BA89
5600.7147

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.04.27.09

Reason Heuristics
Adware.Solimba.Installer.F
14.7.27.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.FirseriaInstaller!6.17AF
23.00.65.14425

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0410
7.2.117

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28622

File size:
514.7 KB (527,064 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.6

Copyright:
Copyright © 2014

Original file name:
r2installer.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Apps Installer SL

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/24/2014 10:38:03 PM

Valid to:
1/25/2015 10:38:03 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:
4/4/2014 11:01:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Ks/dTvHDz+Yk8q0JZR026tlNkLtm3yL5uoBJWJx:Ks/dTvHDzkKvN4lqpwyL5VJSx

Entry address:
0xE99A

Entry point:
E8, CC, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, E4, 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, 30, E1, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 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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Entropy:
7.6727

Code size:
116 KB (118,784 bytes)

The file setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 6 URLs.

http://download1579.mediafire.com/5rwp4bw7lbdg/.../Xbox Live Code Generator.exe

http://download2037.mediafire.com/a3e95197hhvg/.../setup.exe

http://download1702.mediafire.com/9f2v4aje3okg/.../Setup.exe

http://download791.mediafire.com/idx3ah31nzeg/.../setup..exe

http://download2066.mediafire.com/aukt42l9sfog/.../Facebook Hack Tool 2014.exe

http://download2066.mediafire.com/k80wa019lz7g/.../setup.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/13243449/launch

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