icreinstall_google chrome.exe

WorldSetup

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_google chrome.exe by WorldSetup has been detected as adware by 14 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
WorldSetup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
b73147ea83c30d14d96c44faeb669635

SHA-1:
d63c4bc5d5a32192dfb2ba538e0dd61759373be5

SHA-256:
5a37c1431fe53d38bd4d0fe1173c8484f5c0aaaf268f5dffeba3baf7906ca4cb

Scanner detections:
14 / 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:
4/24/2024 3:01:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.182.172

AVG
Ransomer
2015.0.3304

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Installcore.BA
19960

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0305

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.JE.gen (variant)
8.10653

F-Prot
W32/A-dbe1ec51
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.11.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.185.13866

Reason Heuristics
PUP.WorldSetup.Z
14.11.1.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.141030

Sophos
Install Core
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore.ba
34424

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Kryptik.Win32.492870
2.0.0.1973

File size:
633 KB (648,160 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/3/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/4/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=WorldSetup, O=WorldSetup, STREET=Lilienblum 28 St., L=Tel-Aviv, S=Tel-Aviv, PostalCode=6513307, C=IL

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

Serial number:
6EEF11096F7B5CDC42244636F32F2208

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:fvpg1GCseTEZwnBUj7qBd0LIjsPOZxug0KNR2SA92g3XGlD27OHV4be:fvm1rseTJweBTNZs0xAjZOHKb

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:
7.8254

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 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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