icreinstall_windowscodec.exe

Program installer

OR Interactive Ltd

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_windowscodec.exe, “Program installer Setup ” by OR Interactive has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 3 anti-malware scanners. 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.
Publisher:
OR Interactive Ltd  (signed and verified)

Product:
Program installer

Description:
Program installer Setup

MD5:
7ab56668e637ebbe2bd1e9bfdfb249a9

SHA-1:
9d0847d349e3c705b6c7e1758e31150dab701af6

SHA-256:
3177e9cf055a7be62cd6dd837bab7b368ced9d4d2318aad55778f1b5ad3acb78

Scanner detections:
3 / 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:
4/19/2024 8:17:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
7.11.196.234

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.TD potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Optional.Installer.Y
14.12.21.3

File size:
776.3 KB (794,944 bytes)

Product version:
1.4

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
9/23/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/9/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=OR Interactive Ltd, O=OR Interactive Ltd, L=Tel Aviv, S=Tel Aviv, C=IL, SERIALNUMBER=513532689, OID.2.5.4.15=Private Organization, OID.1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=IL

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 Extended Validation Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
3357D3B663AC98667EAF8311A14D9441

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

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:0MvMA4VzFa2pBCCGinmfZAdApE9lHIZD4ayO:0oMHa2fdtQGdAm1IZD4X

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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Entropy:
7.8050

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.

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)

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