» icreinstall_itunes.exe
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icreinstall_itunes.exe

Application

Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_itunes.exe, “Application Setup ” by Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. It runs as a scheduled task under the Windows Task Scheduler. With this installer, users are expecting to download Apple's iTunes but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.

File name:

Publisher:

Internet Web (signed by Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd)

Product:

Application

Description:

Application Setup

MD5:

42a9649c0233723977b201f0f7fdc95e

SHA-1:

6f56f886b3a8446c9c67503d959fe6f0ee0a7665

SHA-256:

5d7051d5751cbabc4e88a213c4ecc60f6eb37f7f24bc23219eea5226fe429776

Scanner detections:

1 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

Utilizes the InstallCore download manager that may bundle various adware-type offers.

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:

5/21/2024 9:18:26 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

16.12.25.21

File size:

753.9 KB (771,960 bytes)

Product version:

3.7

Application Installer

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_itunes.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd

Authority:

DigiCert Inc

Valid from:

1/12/2015 3:00:00 AM

Valid to:

1/20/2016 3:00:00 PM

Subject:

CN=Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd, O=Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd, L=Petah Tikva, S=Petah Tikva, C=IL

Issuer:

CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:

0ECF1F40DAE092F2BFC5CB2FFCA12F72

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

Entry address:

0xA5F8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
[+]

Entropy:

7.8317

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

Scheduled Task

Task name:

{85B7DFE5-A13C-42CC-B14B-6519DB76D4FC}

Trigger:

Registration (Runs on registration)

The file icreinstall_itunes.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.downloadastroppcfiles.com/c?x=eabJxu/xHuoGuVy /I0Yrjyow6/cIKhIf 2tRPqhOA8=&c=PGcnK57nrkDHgJ/eskxj6D/sTVoIC/JlGqMSq3KMhOd28WPuwKycPKGW0 8aktfVv2nPPK4X2tDnGfejxa3WPg==&downloadAs=itunes.exe&fallback_url=http://ar.downloadastro.com/.../?utm_source=iron&utm_medium=error_generating&utm_campaign=itunes

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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