wechat installer.exe

Investena Concept, s.l.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application wechat installer.exe by Investena Concept, 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. 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.
Publisher:
Investena Concept, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
653eade44997f50fc332d7e71597b8bc

SHA-1:
f50b4164d535f515b40ffd4c5a3da265fa0b4edf

SHA-256:
2496e4516988e5a8d22ed817eca1173a9388db748d3a55d23c1792b7cad020ca

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the Solimba installer to bundle adware offers.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
11/27/2024 6:42:12 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Investen.Bundler (M)
16.6.21.16

File size:
623.7 KB (638,680 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\inetcache\ie\{random}\wechat installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/17/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/17/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN="Investena Concept, s.l.", O="Investena Concept, s.l.", L=Badalona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
40AA34E55B1BC6EE54598A0C83C81304

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/21/2015 12:14:13 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:yNaHMXT53crANFCpVrUDpygeknEdACIwzTw0rq0et5hGYV1QDD:dHMelrU1nEjIerq0e8YV+n

Entry address:
0x10F4C

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

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