icreinstall_vlc_2.1.5_installer.exe

Program Installer

Glority Software Limited.

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_vlc_2.1.5_installer.exe, “Program Installer Setup ” by Glority Software Limited 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. 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:
Glority Software Limited.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Program Installer

Description:
Program Installer Setup

MD5:
dfd310dc94914e67002a17c52908cc77

SHA-1:
f995c4ef7b675f54dca254063ddcaefb35fe530e

SHA-256:
636550898150238de14b40ea36af35eb33c02e44b197848f4f53853d319b97b6

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:
5/16/2024 3:20:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GloritySoftware.Installer (M)
16.2.17.18

File size:
737.5 KB (755,240 bytes)

Product version:
3.0

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_2.1.5_installer.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
WoSign CA Limited

Valid from:
8/19/2014 10:45:23 AM

Valid to:
8/19/2015 10:45:23 AM

Subject:
CN=Glority Software Limited., E=info@glority.com, O=Glority Software Limited., L=Hangzhou, S=Zhejiang, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=WoSign Class 3 Code Signing CA, O=WoSign CA Limited, C=CN

Serial number:
547DAAA520AD36551B3954526D58EC3E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 6:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:G7FaFIpz2Sv4hgvviu6RQx+Qna2ghTzXt+xxKq03Eeu2/dcy8lizwaXbP8RYEdR1:G7F8IpUh6vHyzWjz2VB4ise4a4

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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:
7.8265

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)

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