icreinstall_java_update.exe

Application

GERYON ADS SL.

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_java_update.exe, “Application Setup ” by GERYON ADS SL 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 Oracle Java Runtime but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
program   (signed by GERYON ADS SL.)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
09f16ea2e10fdea78e56bed1caf1e96d

SHA-1:
72569f2c92023b6f1412a2d92207c84a8574724f

SHA-256:
4642943391a9c01b6ec7dff25c1f710bc36425a40c9d6db003de482fdb74d331

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:
11/25/2024 10:51:39 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GERYONADS.Installer (M)
16.2.11.2

File size:
942.1 KB (964,696 bytes)

Product version:
5.3.8

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/17/2015 2:21:05 PM

Valid to:
6/23/2016 1:17:17 PM

Subject:
CN=GERYON ADS SL., O=GERYON ADS SL., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

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

Serial number:
112181D069E2BE8A14952BA745AD05847F6F

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:OmtdSc2A9k2MUxfb/AWz2panOlyXori5QWqs0s5:OuV2fzsDVPnwyXqi5Xn1

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_java_update.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 26 URLs.

http://www.packagechucklegrab.com/c?x=Xq4NEhqxCYn40XOL2C2S5IFLnVtbAmwdMaz88efGr5I=&c=7illH4PTivqygtXr8g 3kCmmyyoA/4 36JNlStrmJytcXSIHN/fN3H6CmGkczgkvWEWKOfJRvrd9jcCNo/rbyVFzmf Zj6OVdq/srAR0yUbYPMv hS0Qa32wL27hSNpH&downloadAs=Java_Update.exe&fallback_url=http://javadl.sun.com/webapps/.../AutoDL?BundleId=94214

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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