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solid savings.exe

Smart Apps

This is the installer application for a 50onRed advertising supported software package (displays ads in the browser and may hijack the home and search pages of the web browser). The application solid savings.exe by Smart Apps 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 Nullsoft Install System installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.updatesrv.com.
Publisher:
Smart Apps  (signed and verified)

MD5:
18362f6b6c07c0887ed159be004b3f69

SHA-1:
7906715fec7000fdafb73aaa430c060c1e4be3b5

SHA-256:
42962066658c85058f492e946d2f2f72c692681fe6d20c48fca01a7156dfe380

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

Analysis date:
1/14/2025 9:36:27 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.50OnRed.SmartApps.Installer (M)
16.3.3.16

File size:
479.2 KB (490,720 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Nullsoft Install System

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\solid savings.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Smart Apps

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
3/25/2013 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
3/25/2014 11:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Smart Apps, O=Smart Apps, L=Philadelphia, S=Pennsylvania, C=US

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
7CAFCF7841E5BDDF79F61691D678D0EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/19/2012 3:01:49 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.22

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:etobaKnCuq+eCFunhQoCCEVqSVO7FFWDd9s/J8Taf:etJKnCAe3nhQ5jVqT8hu/JQaf

Entry address:
0x4327

Entry point:
55, 89, E5, 57, 56, 53, 81, EC, AC, 01, 00, 00, FF, 15, 74, 93, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 58, 94, 42, 00, 53, C7, 04, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, FF, 15, 98, 94, 42, 00, 56, A3, 40, 7B, 42, 00, C7, 04, 24, 08, 00, 00, 00, E8, 8D, 3B, 00, 00, A3, 9C, 7B, 42, 00, 8D, 85, 84, FE, FF, FF, 57, C7, 44, 24, 10, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 44, 24, 0C, 60, 01, 00, 00, 89, 44, 24, 08, C7, 44, 24, 04, 00, 00, 00, 00, C7, 04, 24, 01, B3, 40, 00, FF, 15, AC, 94, 42, 00, 83, EC, 14, C7, 44, 24, 04, 02, B3, 40, 00, C7...
 
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Entropy:
7.8378  (probably packed)

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

The file solid savings.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.updatesrv.com/.../.eJw1jEEKgCAUBe_y1n-RJZZeJgwtIklRISi6e7-g7Zt5c8GmNK4Opmu1aAjVlg0G616qDcFnENKLxaAU4Yy7_2w5qK6X9HvjHOxSOKIFgZfFcyPl6Pg-5XgUn5mK-wFxnCKT.jr8XWz2Uv7PEmhh_tZNxaC0VSbI

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