whatsapp.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 whatsapp.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:
724c72623a3acc3678e40093608c6d92

SHA-1:
dbc8b690316f95e3ed0386481f90c66f59e957b9

SHA-256:
b96220caf67a21b84a783f42fba40132011939b6d9e3ce740d7267d400b9d75b

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:
11/2/2024 7:18:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
16.8.1.3

File size:
625.1 KB (640,104 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\whatsapp.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
3/10/2015 8:33:50 PM

Valid to:
3/9/2017 8:33:50 PM

Subject:
E=support@contumar.com, CN=CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL S.L., O=CONTUMAR EMPRESARIAL S.L., C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Certum Code Signing CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
2190367D35CCCBC5D3520A1AF30C9575

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
4/14/2015 2:20:15 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NwBMAQP/qez2dZp8HGnJEQNimrOEttDjWBft3T78UF3TjAdp:NkMAQPlWZp8HGKeFr6ftjIwTjAb

Entry address:
0xF23C

Entry point:
E8, 01, 54, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 50, 49, 42, 00, E8, 3E, 2B, 00, 00, E8, D2, 55, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, 94, 53, 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, 2F, 49, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Entropy:
7.4299

Code size:
109.5 KB (112,128 bytes)

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