icreinstall_installer.exe

Downloadcentral ApS

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_installer.exe by Downloadcentral ApS 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. It is also typically executed from the user's temporary directory. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Downloadcentral ApS  (signed and verified)

MD5:
719ee6d8ad222d305dad791665dc83d3

SHA-1:
fcadf81f46284e7a97136adbd7a4e752f0f641bd

SHA-256:
b4b1cc1e953113615e0ea3c182c2ffcce0a25b8eac12cae5a0eca960be70d5f2

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:
11/5/2024 7:10:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.2.10.1

File size:
1 MB (1,090,688 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/10/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/11/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Downloadcentral ApS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Downloadcentral ApS, L=Odense, S=Odense, C=DK

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
3E0CD42145109655AB37716301DF2ABC

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

Entry address:
0xCAC50

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 68, BA, 40, 00, E8, 92, F0, FF, FF, E6, 00, 00, FF, FF, 89, 73, 04, 6A, 04, 68, 00, 20, 00, 00, 56, 55, E8, 80, FD, FF, FF, 89, 03, 83, 3B, 00, 74, 23, 8B, D3, B8, E4, E5, 46, 00, E8, F5, FD, FF, FF, 84, C0, 75, 13, 68, 00, 80, 00, 00, 6A, 00, 8B, 03, 50, E8, 62, FD, FF, FF, 33, C0, 89, 03, 5D, 5F, 5E, 5B, C3, 90, 53, 56, 57, 55, 83, C4, EC, 89, 4C, 24, 04, 89, 14, 24, C7, 44, 24, 08, FF, FF, FF, FF, 33, D2, 89, 54, 24, 0C, 8B, E8, 8B, 04, 24, 03, C5, 89, 44, 24, 10, 8B, 1D, E4...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
826 KB (845,824 bytes)

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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