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IronInstall

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application pxe.exe by IronInstall has been detected as adware by 13 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the installCore installer. According to Microsoft Security Essentials, the software includes a bundle of the DealPly adware which is installed on a user's PC during setup using the InstallCore platform. The file has been seen being downloaded from www.freewarefiles.com.
Publisher:
IronInstall  (signed and verified)

MD5:
68ec201220f6bfe9eb3d1b1e8b6d5e4b

SHA-1:
26354399d5642b8fd2dafd962b9190fae019bf56

SHA-256:
dca925b44a49e7ae5b159dfcf58d4bd54cb5ab461469ba349a67c282f745d8c2

Scanner detections:
13 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This software bundler installs other potentially unwanted software, including DealPly. Which includes offers in a user's web browser which state they are "Powered by DealPly".

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:
4/24/2024 3:55:14 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.145.120

avast!
Win32:Installer-I [PUP]
2014.9-140428

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.122
9.0.1.0118

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.BY (variant)
8.9729

F-Prot
W32/InstallCore.R3.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.A
v2014.04.28.01

Microsoft Security Essentials
SoftwareBundler:Win32/DealPly
1.10502

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.28.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.IronInstall.D
14.8.7.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Backdoor.Hupigon!6.1FD
23.00.65.14426

Sophos
Install Core Click run software
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
28650

File size:
605.1 KB (619,576 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\pxe.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
IronInstall

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
11/20/2012 9:00:00 AM

Valid to:
11/21/2015 8:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=IronInstall, O=IronInstall, STREET=63 Rothschild Blvd., L=Tel-Aviv, S=NA, PostalCode=65785, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
2DC5BB8E9D823CD0C4F09AE859BBBEAC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 7:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:o4yMJfsg/NNA3IiIfD3MXZyia2LhzYHgcCsoFCQzEK0A/xCI:o4yMJfsUNNA3IiwcXZ5VcCBXEDA/x

Entry address:
0x98CC

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, CC, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, FA, 97, FF, FF, E8, 01, AA, FF, FF, E8, 2C, CC, FF, FF, E8, 73, CC, FF, FF, E8, 0A, F3, FF, FF, E8, 71, F4, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, 76, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 2C, 9F, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, B0, 40, 00, E8, 9B, FE, FF, FF, E8, 26, FA, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, E0, D0, FF, FF, 8B, 55, F0, B8, D8, BD, 40, 00, E8, AB, 98, FF, FF, 6A, 02, 6A, 00, 6A, 01, 8B, 0D, D8, BD, 40, 00, B2, 01, B8...
 
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Entropy:
7.7917

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

Code size:
36 KB (36,864 bytes)

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

http://www.freewarefiles.com/.../download.php?programid=884

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