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icreinstall_flashplayer_updater.exe

Hata

File Validated

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_flashplayer_updater.exe, “Hata Setup ” by File Validated 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 InstallMetrix Software installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Nis   (signed by File Validated)

Product:
Hata

Description:
Hata Setup

MD5:
b5193b7c0ac71af6223e3415460d09ba

SHA-1:
94a5b5ecb9904583267c8b480ca7dabfe39a5eb1

SHA-256:
2ed061287294d8eb7d2884427ef140bfd38289d16dfbf1406a1ba68a488ab709

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:
1/15/2025 8:42:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallMetrix.FileValidated.Installer (M)
16.3.3.23

File size:
1 MB (1,094,232 bytes)

Product version:
1.4.9

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
InstallMetrix Software (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Validated

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
2/2/2016 6:33:01 AM

Valid to:
2/2/2017 6:33:01 AM

Subject:
CN=File Validated, O=File Validated, L=San Francisco, S=CA, C=US

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

Serial number:
112127B04ABA745F034A3BB2B235BBD0A1E4

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 7:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:K4WAxCGMH40LR+AgKoyiXByynmCywV+/zhwbWDRxwAbNTg5:K4XCDe9Vhw93wVkxHB

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, BF, A9, FF, FF, E8, 5E, 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_flashplayer_updater.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 4 URLs.

http://www.presentnowstock.com/c?x=IFntet41zuyiFVM4H7HbU8PHpftAFwjZncc8Cp4pE4E=&c= jPW3wpOll1YJ97oS9d8JajQN778lGr 5/uV8/E0kRmOFmOM5akIOdCtz2uM1dwQEiQamz sBJJDsxV77p/Tfzj9WyxWVY5sry5aDnuwphbOOaZPA66rS JEJ0F0igre&downloadAs=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

http://www.applicationschucklemeta.com/c?x=jutNFU4/rb/tAhUibERvfjuwpZUZkJpltqDQAgxHEbg=&c=nM3EeeQp1xOZqr/UBXzzAWhb6oJZ7S1H6GID9YuIDlV5iR6QoMbp6oJmjFFZL6wTSPLZ6ywyAooLvxFRzic8idb8f6TT771NakScEW/9AK6lAaip4gPIMpaLFg 9myMF&downloadAs=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

http://www.conceptsbestcycle.com/c?x= ncCLnxYikziqyqcw6oqq80EYh0oPxP HoWL/qC6YAM=&c=qzaWQOwVAbdP AY4BijKn7YoIavAMUu1mHICRPoPI/oG8sliKjdNZac4P7d9QUQxktg4NoHy536l/3joN/R3pXSqfeAScGFIocPUuzA77JYwQyXg9QVVD8JlKha22TAr&downloadAs=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

http://www.applicationschucklemeta.com/c?x=Oo/H6O8bbjsr mN3aiS9CEx95dhM4ZZ48Dv K9ntoB0=&c=r gvUemooI6fZfjGcjp24huNwddcWHSlIUhjlt5NAtR/INI8cUNqd7ssXF3nvmZJ9oMNJeY0 s5xMJs9cQKWPVcdzjGFIduJ T1a8Nu2a4rdX755MeLRkZBED4CRzvTl&downloadAs=FlashPlayer_Updater.exe&fallback_url=http://tundra.site/pages/.../IM_IN.html

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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