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spybot - search.exe

firseria installer

Apps Installer S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application spybot - search.exe by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 22 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 installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Spybot - Search & Destroy but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.

File name:

spybot - search.exe

Publisher:

firseria s.l. (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Product:

firseria installer

Description:

setup

Version:

3.1.16.11

MD5:

007908b7db80908f904170d76b15d971

SHA-1:

1a99e9395b0bec914c02c08fa7a0bea52ffc320f

SHA-256:

7458b199544d23a3918ace9aac27eb26709a3e40750ab7c653841f7aba9b43de

Scanner detections:

22 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

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:

12/28/2024 9:02:06 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.9

849

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Firseria

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.101Alemi

2014.08.16

Avira AntiVirus

TR/Dropper.Gen

7.11.30.172

avast!

Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]

2014.9-140809

AVG

Adware BundleApp_r

2015.0.3388

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.FirseriaInstaller

4.0.3.1489

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.9

1.0.20.1405

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

8.14.10.08.12

ESET NOD32

Win32/FirseriaInstaller.S potentially unwanted application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-08-10_4

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of audacity.exe (Adware)

2014.10.8.16

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.BundleApp

t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13054

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.9

15.0.0.843

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.Fiseria.dcvydq

0.28.2.61519

Panda Antivirus

Adware/Solimba

14.08.09.02

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.Q

14.8.15.15

Sophos

Solimba Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downware.Morstar

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4782980

32210

File size:

501.9 KB (513,944 bytes)

Product version:

3.1.19

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

Solimba DownloadMR

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\spybot - search.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Apps Installer S.L.

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

5/25/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:

5/26/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:

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

Issuer:

CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

0F51D368012CA12391845223E21F245A

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/24/2014 5:20:52 AM

OS version:

5.1

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

6144:+yyEOE+jRCgLM0hXt5NLm25fEBhee2lFdz5e8IhNL9uKB41YPhKSA23FM6hWMMwo:lb3+jRCgL3/9mBEg88Z9uKBtKWhW4KSa

Entry address:

0xDFB8

Entry point:

E8, 5E, 6D, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 55, 08, 56, 57, 85, D2, 74, 07, 8B, 7D, 0C, 85, FF, 75, 13, E8, 5F, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 16, 5E, 89, 30, E8, 03, 2C, 00, 00, 8B, C6, EB, 33, 8B, 45, 10, 85, C0, 75, 04, 88, 02, EB, E2, 8B, F2, 2B, F0, 8A, 08, 88, 0C, 06, 40, 84, C9, 74, 03, 4F, 75, F3, 85, FF, 75, 11, C6, 02, 00, E8, 29, 2C, 00, 00, 6A, 22, 59, 89, 08, 8B, F1, EB, C6, 33, C0, 5F, 5E, 5D, C3, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00... 
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Code size:

116.5 KB (119,296 bytes)

The file spybot - search.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://dl.extransfernetwork.com/53d17703cd7760044f99176b?baixaki=1

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/26220495/launch

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