» icreinstall_skype.exe
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icreinstall_skype.exe

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_skype.exe, “Soft Installer 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 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.

File name:

Publisher:

%PROD_NAME% (signed by Avitzur Efrati Management Initiatives Ltd)

Product:

%PROD_NAME%

Description:

Soft Installer Setup

Version:

1.0.5.a0.1_34704

MD5:

61be82e0b8218c6031cc0eb8e26ae52a

SHA-1:

256be5afdfb55a1ae6222213a7884fad65eeba8a

SHA-256:

493261e475b5e02188367abab8935e80e8b2fc69509d0eb31bd931dd8d944d8d

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 1:55:58 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Reason Heuristics

PUP.installCore (M)

17.3.8.6

File size:

768.1 KB (786,576 bytes)

Product version:

1.0.5.a0.1_34704

%PROD_NAME%

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_skype.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:

7.8265

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 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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