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Investena Concept, 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 wechat.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. 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:
Investena Concept, s.l.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
6c7e178135448fecc2e89ca45a0144af

SHA-1:
4ca2c8b84426a3195a65cd2cfc174aa2c0cc45c1

SHA-256:
2ca845409efd38f07a03f907841a5f37dbec9553f78dc2dd9103170804bf3804

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 6:41:41 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Investen (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.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Investena Concept, s.l.

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:yNaHMXT53crANFCpVrUDpygeknEdACIwzTw0rq0et5hGYV1QDn:dHMelrU1nEjIerq0e8YV+j

Entry address:
0x10F4C

Entry point:
E8, 85, 96, 00, 00, E9, 03, 00, 00, 00, CC, CC, CC, 6A, 14, 68, 80, CC, 42, 00, E8, AB, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 15, 96, 00, 00, 59, B8, 4D, 5A, 00, 00, 66, 39, 05, 00, 00, 40, 00, 74, 04, 33, DB, EB, 33, A1, 3C, 00, 40, 00, 81, B8, 00, 00, 40, 00, 50, 45, 00, 00, 75, EB, B9, 0B, 01, 00, 00, 66, 39, 88, 18, 00, 40, 00, 75, DD, 33, DB, 83, B8, 74, 00, 40, 00, 0E, 76, 09, 39, 98, E8, 00, 40, 00, 0F, 95, C3, 89, 5D, E4, E8, A3, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00...
 
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Code size:
139 KB (142,336 bytes)

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

http://dl.desk1992get.com/n/.../WeChat.exe

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