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InstallCore© Installer SDK 4.1

Volonet Ltd

The application facemoods.exe, “InstallCore© Installer ” by Volonet has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. This is a self-extracting archive and installer and has been known to bundle potentially unwanted software. It uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from i.facemoods.com.
Publisher:
InstallCore© Technologies   (signed by Volonet Ltd)

Product:
InstallCore© Installer SDK 4.1

Description:
InstallCore© Installer

Version:
1, 0, 0, 9

MD5:
be82e1ecd89b0829c3e73bfc3369c850

SHA-1:
8542336ac9302ec5cca966a3bc0749357b6707fb

SHA-256:
5f20b5e68ef5e41870c659912a1f57a9923d685283c7f13a11fd7edfb56820fb

Scanner detections:
23 / 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.

Analysis date:
11/6/2024 12:36:57 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.Generic.334840
889

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen
7.11.119.222

avast!
Win32:InstallCore-J [PUP]
2014.9-140829

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14829

Bitdefender
Adware.Generic.334840
1.0.20.1205

Comodo Security
Heur.Suspicious
17448

Dr.Web
Adware.InstallCore.6
9.0.1.0241

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Generic.503000
8.14.08.29.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore (variant)
8.9176

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
8/29/2014

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

F-Secure
Adware.Generic.334840
11.2014-29-08_6

G Data
Adware.Generic.334840
14.8.22

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11278

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:WebToolbar.Win32.InstallCore
14.0.0.3332

McAfee
Artemis!2F4B6F6CEBFE
5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.Generic.334840
15.0.0.723

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.InstallToolbar.crpgoq
0.28.0.58101

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Volonet.J
14.8.29.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.InstallCore!1.9DE1
23.00.65.14827

Sophos
Generic PUA OF
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0722
7.2.241

Trend Micro
TROJ_SPNR.0CE413
10.465.29

File size:
437.2 KB (447,704 bytes)

Product version:
1, 0, 0, 9

Copyright:
Copyright InstallCore© Technology 4.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\{random}.tmp\facemoods.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Volonet Ltd

Authority:
The USERTRUST Network

Valid from:
11/23/2010 4:00:00 PM

Valid to:
11/23/2012 3:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Volonet Ltd, O=Volonet Ltd, STREET=hazfira 19, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Israel, PostalCode=67778, C=IL

Issuer:
CN=UTN-USERFirst-Object, OU=http://www.usertrust.com, O=The USERTRUST Network, L=Salt Lake City, S=UT, C=US

Serial number:
27228002C4368B8985B0D57BC7FE75CC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:LLRByBWRFMaRtkrOx9ZgjxgaXq9NXtGxwqzll1SNc9:LdByInSu9ZgjxxXWRtGzzll1ec9

Entry address:
0xE44E0

Entry point:
60, BE, 00, E0, 49, 00, 8D, BE, 00, 30, F6, FF, C7, 87, 10, 27, 0A, 00, 91, 23, F7, DE, 57, 83, CD, FF, EB, 0E, 90, 90, 90, 90, 8A, 06, 46, 88, 07, 47, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, ED, B8, 01, 00, 00, 00, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, 01, DB, 73, 0B, 75, 28, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 72, 1F, 48, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C0, EB, D4, 01, DB, 75, 07, 8B, 1E, 83, EE, FC, 11, DB, 11, C9, EB, 52, 31, C9, 83, E8, 03, 72, 11, C1, E0, 08, 8A, 06, 46...
 
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Entropy:
7.7214

Packer / compiler:
UPX v0.89.6 - v1.02 / v1.05 -v1.22 (Delphi) stub

Code size:
284 KB (290,816 bytes)

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

http://i.facemoods.com/gppc/.../Facemoods.exe

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