x-mouse-button-control.exe

Apps Installer S.L.

This is the Solimba installer program that will bundle additional offers mostly including adware and various unwanted PC utilities. The application x-mouse-button-control.exe by Apps Installer S.L has been detected as adware by 18 anti-malware scanners. 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl.downloadiechahrixiew.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address cdn.solimba.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
App.install  (signed by Apps Installer S.L.)

Description:
setup.manager

Version:
3.1.12.5

MD5:
6369d4b65279730b73948ebb2918abff

SHA-1:
02d406a95864203fd2d00e9414ec468d9a043ad7

SHA-256:
9a60052f6261e96b2cc42c97343e5057e3e1efa4e5a8cf27d3ed5eb593035330

Scanner detections:
18 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This is a wrapped installation of legitimate software (without persmission of the developer) and bundles adware such as toolbars and extensions.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 3:25:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.M
968

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/FirseriaI.A
7.11.153.178

avast!
Win32:Solimba-C [PUP]
2014.9-140612

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.M
1.0.20.815

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Firseria.K
18458

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.32888
9.0.1.0163

ESET NOD32
Win32/FirseriaInstaller (variant)
8.9907

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.M
11.2014-12-06_5

G Data
Application.Bundler
14.6.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.8.22.5

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712333

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.AppsInstaller
v2014.06.12.01

McAfee
Artemis!D5103E38C18A
5600.7102

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.M
15.0.0.489

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.AppsInstallerSL.W
14.8.7.18

Sophos
Solimba Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.Morstar
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
DownloadMR
30028

File size:
496.4 KB (508,264 bytes)

Product version:
3.1.15

Copyright:
copyright © 2014

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Solimba DownloadMR

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\x-mouse-button-control.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
2/18/2013 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
2/19/2015 9:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Apps Installer S.L., O=Apps Installer S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
323F44D66AEF890F43C32CFD743A4AD0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/3/2014 7:18:13 AM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:eYYZr6ypt7xGspjYu+Uhx63UXBQddduJDOxed:eYcr6y/xxsg9BND0ed

Entry address:
0xE05C

Entry point:
E8, 7A, 79, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 38, E4, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, F8, E0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 8B, 45, 08, 33, C9, 3B, 04, CD, 60, 54, 42, 00, 74, 13, 41, 83, F9, 2D, 72, F1, 8D, 48, ED, 83, F9, 11, 77, 0E, 6A, 0D, 58, 5D, C3, 8B, 04, CD, 64...
 
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Code size:
113.5 KB (116,224 bytes)

The file x-mouse-button-control.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdn.solimba.com  (95.211.6.35:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to api.downloadmr.com  (95.211.39.161:80)

 
http://api.downloadmr.com/installer/18525915/launch

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