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icreinstall_firefoxsetup.exe

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Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_firefoxsetup.exe, “Application Setup ” by Top Scale (New Media Holdings) 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. 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:
Soft Application   (signed by Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.))

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

Version:
2.7.1.3

MD5:
fde85a746b319c94a3fb6c9720551106

SHA-1:
332321d1cd73b1143f2871745b33be7601ffa1fe

SHA-256:
78d0c71469d34f3a4e8cad5e4c1ffbb840256ac60cbb98f1e1c3c4580820b443

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

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:
11/24/2024 1:46:36 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.NewMedia.Installer.Installer (M)
16.1.31.11

File size:
892.9 KB (914,328 bytes)

Product version:
2.1

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/11/2015 11:01:05 AM

Valid to:
2/12/2016 11:01:05 AM

Subject:
CN=Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.), O=Top Scale (New Media Holdings Ltd.), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1121FF0C79830A7B12BE4E698038C29DAF9A

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 5:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:KZ9RhvuZjXSTNvJ5HXRlx0hBh8taNRpKZkR:KZBWxSThJZRlxezgaNP

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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Entropy:
7.9369

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://www.flashquickbinaries.com/c?x=fA WecV0ycI/B8HbnLBZll6 CywGD9ar0GGfeHbQ3So=&c=pxBw6ARbzEPFkE9LgRvj/1 cYzU8PNaSW68EnduXt8diSulx288qgk4PxQk7ZHcnrJUgJNhW/qk3jWBd2hUzhgVe6O1gIiIb7zDYV8IJQYg vay0QWYq0Xez6UeTiF3LpvEemCiYMquqi5M/f7d1LA==&downloadAs=FirefoxSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0/win32/.../Firefox Setup 27.0.exe

http://www.flashquickbinaries.com/c?x=ZeB0IDT67BBd0siSABxrLdAUEx P9E3xs5EOuQSrPwY=&c=uA8wifygr19ugg2yJXBEy0WhNiZG1Z4FAbVNlPNAOJC9vx9tSRsQtsr85SC7lUtGmLP6FgrpcMgoFcin1uom4SktkeVBnOx3WXEA64mh3dLlyGUng6h4r3CzL8ZVyiPPGRjKE/u2ZojKkEpIUEBW8g==&downloadAs=FirefoxSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0/win32/.../Firefox Setup 27.0.exe

http://www.capitalmetafile.com/c?x=VT/zBXOLn12VAAnFQOC8TQptKJxzIhPR RnrBpSr6ek=&c=t/aiFs7RJVb/lb5hCgy5iyy32vjZkOsDbqyc8opyKQ8erPNzoQynVKH34dKIOiqEH51n j0bpMfH8Ypgq1AcjwNcyDOdvKAYdVpeuqqQ4BcZ//zXdbJFkDTusVzNT0UEVcm5N9AqKeitOOXMZxFP3w==&downloadAs=FirefoxSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0/win32/.../Firefox Setup 27.0.exe

http://www.flashquickbinaries.com/c?x=VFo3i FtvPFK1k4puSbdOLGZm4R1HQexDh0g8nXNY7o=&c=1ZjvhOLpH0RS0yEJKa/C5RKj4UBY1oC1mZJK5SIAcdPa/h9R95AHDlsS1CLupUklnF27nr4ayv S0VZRTLku2eZh7WibywgvfBApvQem68o42PTBTyviVKvaPgX4YPDBnxz4/BCtiL2j8jeXpSNrpQ==&downloadAs=FirefoxSetup.exe&fallback_url=http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/27.0/win32/.../Firefox Setup 27.0.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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