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icarefree.exe

iCare Data Recovery Free

Li Hongliang

The application icarefree.exe, “iCare Data Recovery Free Setup ” by Li Hongliang has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Inno Setup 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 www.icare-recovery.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
iCareAll Inc.   (signed by Li Hongliang)

Product:
iCare Data Recovery Free

Description:
iCare Data Recovery Free Setup

Version:
7.9.2

MD5:
924f43bbd3546925e6f632c313e8ebe8

SHA-1:
1d90b2b44fdb338b98e00ec1a78e50185338790f

SHA-256:
25ddd67822a523769492ae637e5229cd84948e16185fdfdca5b695c8684ca357

Scanner detections:
1 / 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.

Analysis date:
11/16/2024 4:56:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.CSH (L)
16.12.17.14

File size:
4.1 MB (4,278,792 bytes)

Product version:
7.9.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Installer:
Inno Setup

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Li Hongliang

Authority:
thawte, Inc.

Valid from:
6/14/2016 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
10/7/2017 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Li Hongliang, OU=Individual Developer, O=No Organization Affiliation, L=Chengdu, S=Sichuan, C=CN

Issuer:
CN=thawte SHA256 Code Signing CA, O="thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
1E38F98B020922F7B916AE6CE76426DB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file icarefree.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

https://www.icare-recovery.com/.../icarefree.exe

https://download.icare-recovery.com/icarefree.exe

http://download.icare-recovery.com/icarefree.exe

http://files.downloadnow.com/s/software/15/67/11/.../icarefree.exe

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