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icreinstall_winzip19-soft.exe

WinZip Computing LLC

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_winzip19-soft.exe by WinZip Computing has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 4 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from winzip.ar.softonic.com. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
WinZip  (signed by WinZip Computing LLC)

Product:
WinZip

Version:
1.0.5.a0.1_38561

MD5:
3913fbf1a9a8ec9eb99a3dca8bba0c90

SHA-1:
96d99c09652833fa9350066533d4d9369e4ff8ec

SHA-256:
82124f7d294a2bfb653dd624a0d28d2fe3faacb0ae239f258a2eb7c491b93ed6

Scanner detections:
4 / 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 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:
5/10/2024 2:54:50 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.YR potentially unwanted (variant)
9.11486

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of icreinstall_wz19-mf.exe
2015.7.19.21

Reason Heuristics
Threat.Bundler.WinZipComputing
15.4.18.4

File size:
1 MB (1,078,232 bytes)

Product version:
1.0.5.a0.1_38561

Copyright:
WinZip

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_winzip19-soft.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WinZip Computing LLC

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/10/2015 2:50:10 PM

Valid to:
2/11/2016 2:50:10 PM

Subject:
CN=WinZip Computing LLC, O=WinZip Computing LLC, S=Connecticut, C=US

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

Serial number:
11213AC849B929DBABC960315B5B9070927F

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

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:l+vmpsDrojGxuSvl+hJkAlvTQB3Q2Ujugux2TrhbICj:lGmpuojGYSvMLkcTQB3Q2Ujvq2TdbICj

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:
7.9108

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file icreinstall_winzip19-soft.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://winzip.ar.softonic.com/.../3tjQyeLV3cjDp-Hw3sCixsiGa5-flqeQoKKmkpg=

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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