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icreinstall_firefox installer.exe

Installer

Max Criteria (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_firefox installer.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Max Criteria (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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Max Criteria (Fried Cookie Ltd.)  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

Version:
5.4.4.1

MD5:
f4f5c7943ce366042ba2841a44b506c2

SHA-1:
cd3aeb9d425eedd5c9e4a957e6e85eeebac7d050

SHA-256:
032613fb9bf4970693445b880216a91d1835c548b0aef069bf949c606b801286

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:
11/29/2024 9:55:03 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.14.17

File size:
963 KB (986,136 bytes)

Product version:
3.3

Copyright:
Lite Application

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 2:30:28 PM

Valid to:
7/24/2016 5:37:50 PM

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

Issuer:
CN=GlobalSign CodeSigning CA - SHA256 - G2, O=GlobalSign nv-sa, C=BE

Serial number:
1121F0C6B8EDBABE266B325280BC664A1402

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):
24576:adtZMTceJ+RL4pPjNDYhQMFFgyjK1SNXzrrUeZWfL6YTm:a72oFRMpPjShjFxOu386Gm

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 icreinstall_firefox installer.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.downloadhostbundles.com/c?x=UtgIfIz1BUsX54qpI02e7mUI/5TgnG/PAAd4VA2/75M=&c=ysAygO /LBoMbDljreubpseP6unb9UFSnnKUcjoFl6CFnSVwdB4hbAUlvBi3/gn0llrFFR2w9JBHF7h4eNqLxPS9zo7BcHKYMC6Kf1kZSZlxmUp9wVj3lsOeXAuNaiB2&downloadAs=Firefox Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

http://www.downloadhostbundles.com/c?x=vMVX6f9aNIe6ZXgd2lirGRbSXxfnkR4OsHFf6x9ESxk=&c=u/ifw6DUVQ z7YsCCWX6XEQ2ndGgCx4tETG8WYbcj9pCUwQuKZEoeyeZHuoEIRHQHEqbyXC5V5epCqOYKg36UPmkjkukHwKN8NLixKYxPEo N7YH3vZ fUVwi2cVS39L&downloadAs=Firefox Installer.exe&fallback_url=http://cdn.darwendlmfilesnow.com

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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