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iCentric Corporation

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application fh.exe, “App Setup ” by iCentric has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. It is also typically executed from an Internet Explorer cache folder. The file has been seen being downloaded from members.driverguide.com.
Publisher:
Software   (signed by iCentric Corporation)

Product:
App

Description:
App Setup

MD5:
202d72e5aa3d0f16f92f9a9e84718e91

SHA-1:
35c60897db7fdf6108d5dd04c0018705b2aaeb3a

SHA-256:
eeeb3a384452630dff139153f8a776f56567b3fef6fa7b76c75482ecff4c661f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
4/19/2024 4:16:36 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.iCentricCorporation.Installer (M)
16.1.5.10

File size:
990.5 KB (1,014,288 bytes)

Product version:
2.2.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\temporary internet files\content.ie5\{random}\fh.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
iCentric Corporation

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
1/12/2015 7:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/13/2016 6:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=iCentric Corporation, OU=IT, O=iCentric Corporation, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
2E7EA3578B751C5935750AFB9AC84F09

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 5:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:RgsEYlwBul/nfyopiTVWIu6Xei8UrUJ0LkrUAgx+bi6kEjQHtXILq:RHdwXokMIuabk2+26kEjQtXkq

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://members.driverguide.com/.../fh.php?id=1841708&ts=1451987124&auth=b2a7bd17dccf721efcde82017d0ea41d&tp=ic&us=0

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