Adware.Solimba
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| Ranking: | 3,358 |
| Threat Level: | 20 % (Normal) |
| Infected Computers: | 4,948 |
| First Seen: | December 6, 2012 |
| Last Seen: | September 18, 2023 |
| OS(es) Affected: | Windows |
Adware.Solimba is a generic detection for a category of adware used for data harvesting and distributing other malware. One of the most recent widespread examples of Adware.Solimba is an adware infection that is distributed as a key generator for illegitimate copies of the Windows 8 operating system. However, the twist is that Adware.Solimba is designed to display an error message claiming that the victim's version of Windows 8 is illegitimate and then directing the victim to press on an OK button which actually serves to install other malware on the victim's computer. This version of Adware.Solimba is hardly the only one.
Adware receives its name because, originally, these malware infections were solely designed to deliver advertisements in the form of distracting pop-up windows to the victim's computer. However, adware is becoming increasingly more complex and invasive due to the bundling of these infections with spyware and other forms of malicious software. This is done by shady marketing companies and criminals wishing to exploit the potential profits inherent in data harvesting, that is, tracking computer users' activity and preferences and then selling this data to a third party for advertisement and marketing purposes. Advertising is often a necessary evil; it has, in fact, been responsible for the boom of content on the Internet. However, the desire for easy money has turned adware into potentially invasive applications that can have a destructive impact on a computer and negatively affect a computer user's online activity and experience. Adware.Solimba variants are some of the top adware infections of 2012.
When an anti-malware program detects an Adware.Solimba infection, this is usually a generic detection that is meant to alert the computer user that there is a third party program being installed along with another program without the computer user's knowledge. The most common kinds of Adware.Solimba infections are executable files that have behaviors typical of Trojan downloaders. They try to download and install other executable files from advertisement networks, which are then used to deliver pop-up advertisements to the victim's computer while also collecting data from the infected computer. These will usually use social engineering to enter a computer in the first place (such as with the above example of a fake key generator).
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