winrar.exe

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 winrar.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:
99f3a0fe0813e518ee07dce8bb1c4d26

SHA-1:
ca9d0fd6b1b4b2dedf703445ab784349591135ae

SHA-256:
7dd3319daf5aad246723d5dd03bf5ffdc20b9f587bdaf11d3ddffe6773d82763

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 5:22:32 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Solimba.Investen (M)
16.5.31.6

File size:
626.2 KB (641,240 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}\winrar.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
12/16/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/16/2016 8:59:59 PM

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:
5/28/2015 5:05:06 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
12.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:+r8kQVTEycwZNmIyDDx1rM+baUzTfqLJxzUpqNstw/ETDH5Xn:3kQh03x1rMODfa2IjgT5Xn

Entry address:
0x10FEC

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

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