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icreinstall_adobe_flash_setup.exe

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Max Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_adobe_flash_setup.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Max Setup (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware 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 installCore installer. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions.
Publisher:
Max Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

MD5:
b4d7b16c7f3354de1ea4886e743f9baa

SHA-1:
f4f4dd05b46b6afe470871e27a846cf1525e6808

SHA-256:
526326e2c2112b61a9726e5fc101117798da9ca9558703c288bd5f854d9ca9e6

Scanner detections:
1 / 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 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:
11/1/2024 11:33:55 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
15.9.25.16

File size:
858.8 KB (879,456 bytes)

Product version:
4.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_adobe_flash_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Max Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/10/2014 6:10:53 PM

Valid to:
12/11/2015 6:10:53 PM

Subject:
CN=Max Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.), O=Max Setup (Fried Cookie Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1121FC9E1A9C3422431D142D3266A640CC1E

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:JuZp20FH88/Z+DsaxhnUfsrohHzVScnPHRmnOqZVrk48VzV1z5O6iWQB:JuZF88/Z+Dsajpwh8DrkJf1zYtWA

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:
7.8134

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://sl.now-update-check.com/dl.php?conversion_id=14198476650077&site_id=1075&app_id=4&lp_id=613&v=ico&stub_id=71&v_id=4c9e606628e3cd32036f592fe4d35fd7&dist_id=356&channel=mrk_frf&dast=YnJzcj0zODQxJmJvPTImY2lwaWQ9MjAyMjA3MCZjaXNpZD1DOTc1RkE2QkMxMjMwODQ1OTg5MjcwODI5JmNpcmlkPUM5NzVGQTZCQzEyMzA4NDY3MzYxNjM0ODEmc2xpZD0wJnN1YmlkPTIwMDI0MzUwNzQyNDAwMDAwMCZjaXVpZD00NzM1MjcxMzAzMjkxMzg2NjExJnNvPTImY3JpZD0yOTI0NDQ4JmV4Y2lkPTIyJm1tdD0tMSZvc2lkPTUzMiZjbnRyeT03MyZjaWNtcD00NjI3NjgmY3U0PTE4JnB1YmlkPTE2MzAz

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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