icreinstall_firefox_setup_21.0_fr.exe

web

MICROMAX STUDIO, S.L.

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_firefox_setup_21.0_fr.exe, “web Setup ” by MICROMAX STUDIO, S.L 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 installCore installer. 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:
program   (signed by MICROMAX STUDIO, S.L.)

Product:
web

Description:
web Setup

MD5:
0147d86c1094e4204e4594f2245fb6c8

SHA-1:
8c40d82bc95b8dd0d4aa4de6560c921b7b07228f

SHA-256:
86cbfcaa9389b8954f413a5765be913fbac892ded81ddf8435e5a2523b5cbf06

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

Explanation:
Utilizes the InstallCore download manager that may bundle various adware-type offers.

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:
11/23/2024 3:15:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.MICROMAXSTUDIO.Installer (M)
16.2.8.2

File size:
925.6 KB (947,864 bytes)

Product version:
1.4

Copyright:
Installer

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_setup_21.0_fr.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
GoDaddy.com, Inc.

Valid from:
9/1/2015 11:11:38 AM

Valid to:
9/1/2016 11:11:38 AM

Subject:
CN="MICROMAX STUDIO, S.L.", O="MICROMAX STUDIO, S.L.", L=Madrid, C=ES

Issuer:
CN=Go Daddy Secure Certificate Authority - G2, OU=http://certs.godaddy.com/repository/, O="GoDaddy.com, Inc.", L=Scottsdale, S=Arizona, C=US

Serial number:
79A6DBFB5606456E

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:SPGpGzYF+yUzNMw8HvgNO6Fxh9kfioAqR8LmQc/JT7/GVOzqVXqKty86GzBL2HAI:SPG4FzyfPgNHTzq5+Ldc/l6qezF2Hx

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file icreinstall_firefox_setup_21.0_fr.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 50 URLs.

http://www.bulktownapplication.com/c?x=PurlxA8ePK6ItI/XBXWW3EpQBohplFrvG/JWW7gCwN8=&c=bx4OE64dPQgBAamApaaAXED5RdD1Uz2G jjkRjnd4lYuMZekYiqRlVJhHVMHyY4LUNkG5edwOSCDiHFun8q8TxyTizFlITR22TFlhQF408TbkkKjfgRbJjWpeM205NYY&fallback_url=http://res.hufftos.com/.../Firefox_Setup_21.0_fr.exe

http://www.cityheartsafe.com/c?x=eDrUfxKavIPS4gMSmmJ7RDuxKE2xMYNpcpv1sr0D1bU=&c=0Dmoz6JQl/k3RcLoXeHcIMOOo5A8IC6sWe2xZfFds2a0Ct2dHgxXZcx66gJ ssn62dhUXl96wfKgV6pB3A8EELjylw2n/lqvfQMVYJdOB9WtuMfS9wqftSEYbiUpGze4&fallback_url=http://res.hufftos.com/.../Firefox_Setup_21.0_fr.exe

Latest 30 of 118 download URLs

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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