icreinstall_installer_samsung_kies_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_samsung_kies_english.exe by Vittalia Limited has been detected as adware 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:
Vittalia Limited  (signed and verified)

MD5:
d534c2fbfc5eb974e14f8a4b2387465b

SHA-1:
c1cd4ae15eaeccfd9e14356925e7c0ba7b547fb7

SHA-256:
ed84625e5683c8f2e404f4ef6d9aff1b0e41c647075bd4a6978be9cb45bbce6f

Scanner detections:
21 / 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:
4/26/2024 9:24:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.153.56

AVG
InstallC
2015.0.3406

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.AIX
18725

Dr.Web
Trojan.MulDrop5.10078
9.0.1.0203

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OY (variant)
8.9830

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
7/22/2014

G Data
Win32.Application.InstallCore
14.7.24

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.1712305

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.InstallCore
14.0.0.3523

Malwarebytes
v2014.07.22.10

McAfee
Artemis!579F7573F596
5600.7062

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallCore.dcipvh
0.28.2.60881

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM06.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.VittaliaLimited.k
14.7.22.10

SUPERAntiSpyware
10468

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0520
7.2.203

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29452

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.InstallCore.Win32.38
2.0.0.1823

File size:
673.9 KB (690,120 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_installer_samsung_kies_english.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
5/18/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/18/2016 12:59:59 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:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

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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Entropy:
7.8524

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)