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 10 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:
73d3952afdb53a7f46c866bed53fcea3

SHA-1:
c0ae54d38ab70fc068399278499638cb1fb449e4

SHA-256:
9f0d6e28e10da10a80adbf70aca1a938a03e69868ba1eb7ad2e729b80a596024

Scanner detections:
10 / 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 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:
5/10/2024 8:07:09 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.212.170

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3186

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.QGJO
21229

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PK potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

G Data
Win32.Adware.InstallCore.BV
15.2.25

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1915108

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ironSource
15.2.27.9

Sophos
PUA 'Install Core Click run software'
5.11

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
37788

File size:
788 KB (806,912 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2014 12:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 11:59:59 PM

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:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:0cvpTU8ql0K48RsCwKlVZRh+XbKi541LUj5+ukN4NCD9Bic8cvrW8r:0cvGlp44sCww62O4pUouAD9UcC

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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Entropy:
7.8724

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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