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icreinstall_installer_ares_catcher_english.exe

Vittalia Limited

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_installer_ares_catcher_english.exe by Vittalia Limited has been detected as adware by 23 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:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
776056c7a12c6fa08407ed1d034dd194

SHA-1:
35e669e0944e0a0b78f14efa713d0c2150318e85

SHA-256:
ecbd8bd7899131ce60cfb358bed9a2ac285917b0af4d7d18b5f6e2ade470cb79

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

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:
5/8/2024 11:52:58 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallCore.A.130
7.11.153.56

AVG
InstallC
2015.0.3396

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Installcore-484
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.AIX
18725

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0212

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OY (variant)
8.9898

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
7/31/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of installer_flash_video_player_french.exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.18

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712305

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.InstallCore
14.0.0.3477

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore
v2014.07.31.02

McAfee
Artemis!579F7573F596
5600.7052

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcipvh
0.28.2.60881

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
AdWare.InstallCore.r8 (Not a Virus)
7.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VittaliaLimited.k
14.7.31.14

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.InstallCore/Variant
10450

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0520
7.2.212

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
29262

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.38
2.0.0.1825

File size:
673.9 KB (690,120 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Vittalia Limited

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Vittalia Limited, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Vittalia Limited, L=Dublin, S=Dublin, C=IE

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:
6CC8DB30E67B3DF9E2607EE882D390AC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:K9cvp5VlB0F1tb04Qwm3Fa4u+4S2J2jT9ISzFJRaGVEVx8b4woAOnos/OPUEhEcw:KyvDV41Z0ym3Fa4kSk26+yUI2bhmnZQo

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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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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