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icreinstall_vlc-player.exe

Rubira

Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_vlc-player.exe, “Rubira Setup ” by Quality Install (Alpha Criteria) 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. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. With this installer, users are expecting to download the VideoLAN VLC media player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Rubira

Description:
Rubira Setup

Version:
3.6.4.5

MD5:
32382e2454024a47c7931a87860634e4

SHA-1:
05a14ef616b9bf252e5cff97ee634170f71ee29f

SHA-256:
87900f925f505eadb9899f9db9ae33bd623a631c640e788a3733a6df96816842

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
8/6/2025 12:40:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.AC.Installer (M)
16.7.8.0

File size:
1011 KB (1,035,280 bytes)

Product version:
1.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_vlc-player.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
1/6/2016 1:14:15 PM

Valid to:
8/4/2016 3:59:05 PM

Subject:
CN=Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), O=Quality Install (Alpha Criteria Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121BA484E4C31175E4A844ED055428DEC42

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):
24576:xifk0su4mZWcj82/3pYRA0FRfXVOs8OMBTlP0QjcpMXVJo:gpZWcjz/90UWGpf

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...
 
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Entropy:
7.9246

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file icreinstall_vlc-player.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.appsworlddelivery.com/c?x=lYq3q7OV1MKCWc9JcEy5Oub3SxFbGVxJijbg43r6njI=&c=JFpcD1wI3Ta0gmRBU kgR2xg4kRkk6yQL25QvJf 5NzZnk1z96/nV750Dyo5w2SjdsuiT06XgYgWq3/dU0gXBYFBAInpgPdXALFjRONxnRXzqsfppXWdGB9Ns3xea4q0uPgCOqAntVny/iwIl3Squ8eb3GVWdcgK6OMYrxMHE0k=&e=0&downloadAs=VLC-Player.exe&fallback_url=http://softdownload4.com/s4m/.../vlc-2.2.2-win32.exe

http://www.appsworlddelivery.com/c?x=c66mHxz7lsU1Evn8ORjHK1NaQKKiAi0W9luJRx9ObqM=&e=0&c=bZj4luHuLPImLBowiPCyh2FysieJOKNVCPozeF1 Ljqzz9Ze1ClJOu2Y2eGZZTBcejOi3 K6uEG0n9k3ZLF6H3srrRWVYJl//IYOtJtLFljApzSVbr76xHe5iHMbrZRR3gjdWhwj3U9e fxbxd1bexctYvcPuHp8uwB78 OjDkA=&downloadAs=VLC-Player.exe&fallback_url=http://softdownload4.com/s4m/.../vlc-2.2.2-win32.exe

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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