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icreinstall_ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe

Media Ingea SL

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe by Media Ingea SL has been detected as adware by 18 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. The file has been seen being downloaded from dw2.uptodown.com and multiple other hosts. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Media Ingea SL  (signed and verified)

MD5:
e3c77e3c3f01d94594aa01a72643b79d

SHA-1:
26c5fabf257d9a5c7e707bebbc2ac7da8c612f07

SHA-256:
702b6d0dca6c3eb3d4b2fe47293438ac5888ab48f24fb116621b9a0354f503b9

Scanner detections:
18 / 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:
11/30/2024 8:22:53 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.146.188

AVG
MalSign.InstallC
2015.0.3424

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.1473

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.InstallCore.BWAN
18196

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24524
9.0.1.0184

ESET NOD32
Win32/Injected (variant)
8.9747

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore_JE
7/3/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.177.11951

McAfee
Artemis!E3C77E3C3F01
5600.7080

Norman
Kryptik.CDMO
11.20140703

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.94c
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.MediaIngeaSL.f
14.8.7.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-LNR/Heur!1.5594
23.00.65.14701

Sophos
InstallCore ToDownload
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0403
7.2.184

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downware.InstallCore
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore.b
28766

File size:
667 KB (683,008 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Media Ingea SL

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/31/2013 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/31/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Media Ingea SL, O=Media Ingea SL, STREET="Pirandello 16, planta 2", L=Malaga, S=Malaga, PostalCode=29010, C=ES

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

Serial number:
00C034A59569FF794D7687FB8D40A50D76

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 4:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:uvppvF/vS00mTbFw9TjMLmGOnLtrDuyjwMdD85XUZqs:uvLvhvSLmTbFwjMS1tfqMiXUZqs

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:
7.7821

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file icreinstall_ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://dw2.uptodown.com/dm/1397337981/.../ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe

http://dw2.uptodown.com/dm/1397179376/.../ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe

http://dw2.uptodown.com/dm/1398351032/.../ares-2-2-8-59973-es-setup.exe

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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