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InstallCore© Installer SDK 4.1

Volonet Ltd

The application facemoods.exe, “InstallCore© Installer ” by Volonet has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. This is a setup and installation application and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address 173.255.138.101.static.westdc.net on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
InstallCore© Technologies   (signed by Volonet Ltd)

Product:
InstallCore© Installer SDK 4.1

Description:
InstallCore© Installer

Version:
1, 0, 0, 9

MD5:
bbfb3149548a4fde9cd9620f843ca3a5

SHA-1:
9fd94c831204d84837547a6661fba9e8b0e97a64

SHA-256:
02266446d953a239262dd936b1a947a22262761ad9d159b128c21661c6414458

Scanner detections:
22 / 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.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 11:53:48 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.334840
855

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.114.86

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-J [PUP]
2014.9-141002

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14102

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.503000
1.0.20.1375

Dr.Web
Adware.Funmoods.3
9.0.1.0275

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.503000
8.14.10.02.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore (variant)
8.9065

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/2/2014

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.I.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.Generic.334840
11.2014-02-10_5

G Data
Adware.Generic.503000
14.10.22

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11278

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.InstallCore
14.0.0.3161

McAfee
Artemis!2F4B6F6CEBFE
5600.6989

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.503000
15.0.0.825

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallToolbar.crpgoq
0.28.0.58101

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Volonet.J
14.10.2.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallCore!1.9DE1
23.00.65.14930

Sophos
Generic PUA OF
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1008
7.2.275

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0CE413
10.465.02

File size:
381.2 KB (390,360 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 9

Copyright:
Copyright InstallCore© Technology 4.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\facemoods.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volonet Ltd

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/24/2010 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/24/2012 3:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Volonet Ltd, O=Volonet Ltd, STREET=hazfira 19, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=67778, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
27228002C4368B8985B0D57BC7FE75CC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:9HKlBem7uAsdkwxDWdE6FfVeiY5su3lvrkPEsroK3aXKPRQIUL7CE:tKlvuBNx1kVjAtQPMhvCE

Entry address:
0xDF240

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, B0, 48, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 60, F7, FF, C7, 87, 10, 27, 0A, 00, FE, 7A, 42, C0, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.7617

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
340 KB (348,160 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-50-16-245-150.compute-1.amazonaws.com  (50.16.245.150:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to 173.255.138.101.static.westdc.net  (173.255.138.101:80)

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