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FileExtractorSetup.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 FileExtractorSetup.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.pdf-readers.com.
Publisher:
ICS Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
c483af02927d1407c233f18678a1c151

SHA-1:
757b1126f795f0d0c47ad8b6dcb4cc56b8a246c9

SHA-256:
3deadc0004cb923a832eae1a82ecb43d1ac3999d328a72e869c7b99dc68a63b1

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 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:
4/25/2024 3:44:15 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3383

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.LM potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13043

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.InstallCore
15.0.0.494

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!C483AF02927D
16.8.708.2

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ICSSetup.S
14.8.14.0

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10423

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4788237
32186

File size:
697.4 KB (714,152 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ICS Setup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/22/2014 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/23/2015 3:59:59 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 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:PZvp823H0qrw2URBKanYX5R5ZvKuXUH/1saZgqLndIG1DTVI74s3:PZvy23HURBJW5rJXUHtZZtnuEnWUs

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:
7.8661

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://www.pdf-readers.com/pdf-reader/mm/.../?dl=1

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