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icreinstall_windowscodec.exe

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The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_windowscodec.exe, “Application Setup ” has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer, however the file is not signed with an authenticode signature from a trusted source. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Program Application

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
2.1.1.1

MD5:
8d6a5f3a0d94f238869b659bde70bfcb

SHA-1:
766f8b31bba8d1a91f27b8020562346615148510

SHA-256:
89962c56355a80712fb2a5d8a08e41fde756d50427bb38c00fae5f7d8c4241a1

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:16:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.EA
21104

Reason Heuristics
Win32.Generic.Bundler.Meta
15.5.18.23

File size:
743.2 KB (761,007 bytes)

Product version:
3.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Fo6pdqyJRXFuiKgbXUqSVuSBY7CA0NGavBVHAyDF+Q1vOPjuE:Fo6lJRQiBFSW7cIaZ9FRejuE

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://dwdkx79500lzv.cloudfront.net/.../WindowsCodec.exe

The executing file has been seen to make the following network communications in live environments.

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to hosted-by.leaseweb.com  (199.58.87.155:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-232-222-104.sa-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.232.222.104:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-54-207-84-20.sa-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (54.207.84.20:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-67-76-234.sa-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.67.76.234:80)

TCP (HTTP):
Connects to ec2-52-67-230-187.sa-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com  (52.67.230.187:80)

TCP (HTTP SSL):
Connects to a23-41-195-74.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com  (23.41.195.74:443)

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