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icreinstall_privacydefendersetup.exe

Fried Cookie Ltd

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_privacydefendersetup.exe by Fried Cookie has been detected as adware by 12 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from s3.amazonaws.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Fried Cookie Ltd  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8d1d855cd4903550b9badb1339c3e906

SHA-1:
3fe0906540a8025df7c5214868bae149f9f4138a

SHA-256:
155770cd33e68d1a8055cb078e52b5066f6d6ee59c9384b8a0ba9917e4811214

Scanner detections:
12 / 68

Status:
Adware

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 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:
8/3/2025 1:12:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.134.188

Bkav FE
W32.Clodf0c.Trojan
1.3.0.4959

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BH (variant)
8.9501

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.G4.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11337

McAfee
Artemis!8D1D855CD490
5600.7185

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.10302

Norman
FakeNSIS.A
11.20140320

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM11.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FriedCookie.a
14.3.20.17

Sophos
Generic PUA DP
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.24.3

File size:
598 KB (612,344 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Fried Cookie Ltd

Authority:
Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
5/3/2012 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
5/4/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Fried Cookie Ltd, O=Fried Cookie Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3739B9B5702964D0DD4429F69D6595EC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 11:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:NlPsKZkPTvxEmn7Q5xfB8SA8gcsWkcp2wWhaVrCBDy627/beY4:RuPTey7Q3fB86gcbmhaVrCRy627/j4

Entry address:
0x12E8B0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, 20, 4A, 00, 8D, BE, 00, F0, F5, FF, C7, 87, 10, 47, 0E, 00, 68, B0, E4, 12, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
564 KB (577,536 bytes)

The file icreinstall_privacydefendersetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/FriedCookie-new/.../PrivacyDefenderSetup.exe

http://friedcookie.com/.../privacy-agent

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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