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icreinstall_driverguide_driver_download_1826446.exe

iCentric Corporation

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_driverguide_driver_download_1826446.exe by iCentric has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 21 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
iCentric Corporation  (signed and verified)

MD5:
80563fb7d0bd128789de8ed9f9655c2e

SHA-1:
6c194a6e04317ebab4e15215a1beb0f0d577d517

SHA-256:
c35c4201e15d12a1a8c478df5660c68e2b863701c71007e68e5312093c502bc3

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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:
4/18/2024 10:36:02 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.KT.5.pnHfaChNqmai
826

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.182.172

avast!
Adware-gen [Adw]
141025-0

AVG
Trojan horse Crypt.CMJB
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Trojan.Heur.KT.5.pnHfaChNqmai
1.0.20.1520

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-728312
0.98/19290

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.168
9.0.1.0304

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Trojan.Heur.KT.5.pnHfaChNqmai
8.14.10.31.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BZ (variant)
8.10653

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.G4.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Trojan.Heur.KT.5.pnHfaChNqmai
11.2014-31-10_6

G Data
Gen:Trojan.Heur.KT.5.pnHfaChNqmai
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Spy
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.13866

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Trojan.Heur.KT.5.pnHfaChNqmai
15.0.0.912

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.crkjyy
0.28.6.62995

Reason Heuristics
PUP.iCentricCorporation.p
14.10.31.21

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
34416

File size:
1.2 MB (1,310,408 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_driverguide_driver_download_1826446.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
iCentric Corporation

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
11/14/2012 8:00:00 AM

Valid to:
12/15/2013 7:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=iCentric Corporation, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=iCentric Corporation, L=Los Angeles, S=California, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
36FE7583F80C18188E28B189CEEC6678

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

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:E2I1hO/kavcLP0wovHtT61y9k6nd6AFNuS3t20RgdfUI:EZ1hssD0wovQk9k6ndfDuwg0gC

Entry address:
0x1DB5F0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 40, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, D0, F5, FF, C7, 87, 10, 77, 0E, 00, A6, 25, D7, 7B, 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:
7.8507

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

Code size:
1.2 MB (1,277,952 bytes)

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

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to os.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdnus.solvefile.com  (207.189.109.121:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to cdneu.webfilescdn.com  (65.254.40.36:80)

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