winrar.exe

CAROSENTE PROJECT, 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 winrar.exe by CAROSENTE PROJECT, 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:
CAROSENTE PROJECT, S.L.  (signed and verified)

MD5:
0ab7a07e3c07c7b38f691c754e6023bf

SHA-1:
73bd102c5fb2b53fdea270ef55f79919a752d012

SHA-256:
edf9d32b4e0e84098e20eb9c0d0e7bb79ed4742f58df07e3a564ab394ccfff6a

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:
12/27/2024 6:02:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba (M)
17.3.15.13

File size:
624.2 KB (639,192 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/3/2015 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/3/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN="CAROSENTE PROJECT, S.L.", O="CAROSENTE PROJECT, S.L.", L=BADALONA, S=BARCELONA, C=ES

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

Serial number:
6401528D61284BEE9666B64CBA9B368A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/14/2015 9:12:09 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

Entry address:
0x103C4

Entry point:
E8, 2D, 96, 00, 00, E9, 00, 00, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, A8, BB, 42, 00, E8, 56, 57, 00, 00, E8, 2C, 1D, 00, 00, 0F, B7, F0, 6A, 02, E8, C0, 95, 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, 49, 4D, 00, 00, 85, C0, 75, 08, 6A, 1C, E8, DC, 00, 00, 00, 59, E8...
 
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Code size:
136 KB (139,264 bytes)

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