skype.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 skype.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:
03ec9c1fd677e7dc56835564ac03a37b

SHA-1:
a7c13b3bcf0e8eac2d2feb9f541b60386aecc7d1

SHA-256:
6c39042250f1f3ed5d604ac66281c3c3a7a91002ed2f37708f88385e1e39865e

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:
2/25/2025 12:52:44 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Contumar (M)
16.4.19.6

File size:
655.1 KB (670,816 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\skype.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:
5/28/2015 9:37:40 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:C1heIHTECcwLbmMkSxB2Filn+rKibmeeJC5LOFKGE3KoHKWfw0d7x1+ZR9XD:4eIfz3ajKZeeJrmKoHu+l0H9XD

Entry address:
0x10FEC

Entry point:
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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