acrobatreadersetup.exe

ICS Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application acrobatreadersetup.exe by ICS Setup has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.read-pdf.org.
Publisher:
ICS Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e5d82f2e520eecad00fa87a90debd7d5

SHA-1:
32c747ce766b0cc1e867ef4156d2187049cb21ed

SHA-256:
e75d5253959677a97aa5f082cd3743b6b5361e158adf390bcaf3fbd745ff79a8

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/10/2024 9:51:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3426

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0183

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PK potentially unwanted application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2014.9.4.11

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ICSSetup.S
14.7.2.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
31088

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.37917
2.0.0.1857

File size:
788 KB (806,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2014 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2015 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ICS Setup, O=ICS Setup, STREET=Lilienblum 28, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Gush dan, PostalCode=65113, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
401AE9F3E475B300437336E84E319A7F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:mcvpTU8ql0K48RsCwKlVZRh+XbKi541LUj5+ukN4NCD9Bic8cvrW8r:mcvGlp44sCww62O4pUouAD9UcC

Entry address:
0x9C40

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, 86, 94, FF, FF, E8, 8D, A6, FF, FF, E8, 1C, A9, FF, FF, E8, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, C9, FF, FF, E8, C9, F2, FF, FF, E8, 30, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, FC, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, C5, A2, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 96, FE, FF, FF, E8, C9, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, 83, CF, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, 24, CE, 40, 00, E8, 32, 95, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, 24, CE...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file acrobatreadersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

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