pdfcreatorwebsetup.exe

Application Program

IC Forge

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pdfcreatorwebsetup.exe, “Application Program Setup ” by IC Forge has been detected as adware 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:
IC Forge  (signed and verified)

Product:
Application Program

Description:
Application Program Setup

MD5:
82352f50d7d51f05929a3a6f52b9f398

SHA-1:
38abcb08605e5fa55cbb9527d66f69ae12f693c5

SHA-256:
914a1b21876cb68ec22d079564e4edf48bb3a528b5b8ec95c9c17ca61b073c3b

Scanner detections:
3 / 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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 8:07:28 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/InstallC.buzg
7.11.197.26

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.UE potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ICForge.S
15.1.4.13

File size:
753.9 KB (772,032 bytes)

Product version:
2.3

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
12/8/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
12/14/2015 7:00:00 AM

Subject:
CN=IC Forge, O=IC Forge, L=Tel Aviv, S=Israel, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert Assured ID Code Signing CA-1, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
0F77EBCF0E7BAE7CBB10F0EBFD2186F8

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:HtQaW4JiOz3/Ha+nbJiPhk6CgQlLJyvo8mLQ4mRLvumYJP3DIn3CXIEm+cannk1k:HtQAJiM/6+bmhkGQlf8mRmRLvCJ/Dcqf

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:
7.8672

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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