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icreinstall_firefox_setup.exe

Secure Installer

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_firefox_setup.exe by Secure Installer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 14 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform.
Publisher:
Secure Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ab442f590605e9967fc419d18d49633a

SHA-1:
2f4e179b5e2ecfa7db56479443056bd0011a5c31

SHA-256:
a8b3db248eec74c30ca070d8e866ffe6c3fd8f536065241bb4022e32d267d98c

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including DealPly. Which includes offers in a user's web browser which state they are "Powered by DealPly".

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
5/1/2024 8:53:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCo.HK
7.11.144.168

AVG
Adware Generic5.BDFX
2014.0.4007

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.122
9.0.1.0222

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BL
8.9704

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
SoftwareBundler
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.10502

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dddwtb
0.28.2.61349

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SecureInstaller.Z
14.8.10.0

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.InstallCore!6.4
23.00.65.14808

Sophos
Install Core
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28484

File size:
603.1 KB (617,608 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Secure Installer

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
9/24/2012 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/25/2013 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Secure Installer, O=Secure Installer, STREET=720 Market Street, STREET=5th floor, L=San Francisco, S=CA, PostalCode=94102, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C3507C1ADDE6B4C52E5426990F85CA2B

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:WCyMJfsFJHCmVDYUGr3gHRV0k+Ts+MleJ3RddPbrwDUUfezUImxQK7:WCyMJfsHi0YLr3gA8le/PnwDr2zc

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7596

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 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)

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