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icreinstall_mozilla firefox 40.0.3.exe

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Platform Beta (Fried Cookie Ltd)

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_mozilla firefox 40.0.3.exe, “App Setup ” by Platform Beta (Fried Cookie) 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. The setup program uses the InstallCore engine which may bundle additional software offers including toolbars and browser extensions. 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:
Software Lite   (signed by Platform Beta (Fried Cookie Ltd))

Product:
App

Description:
App Setup

Version:
4.8.2.3

MD5:
980a9b58c30ebb48fd188e1b5203947d

SHA-1:
73907cf7b13b8d72f635f54e06702ac90fce8a71

SHA-256:
ea4b1e0c5f89b3cf325ae972108ae487e36cdc144c904871265c00e0b217b462

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Uses the InstallCore download manager to install additional potentially unwanted software which may include extensions such as DealPly and various toolbars.

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:
11/15/2024 6:48:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
16.2.3.11

File size:
980.6 KB (1,004,160 bytes)

Product version:
2.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_mozilla firefox 40.0.3.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Platform Beta (Fried Cookie Ltd)

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
12/16/2015 2:41:12 PM

Valid to:
7/7/2016 5:55:56 PM

Subject:
CN=Platform Beta (Fried Cookie Ltd), O=Platform Beta (Fried Cookie Ltd), L=Tel Aviv, C=IL

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

Serial number:
1121C446C50C8915C47DFD619121C2806B7E

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:VbQCQ5wyt+G3zJpYxe2k2SorL5Bw72HhwX2qIZE4A9:Vcr5wyDYx2POM7zIeD9

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_mozilla firefox 40.0.3.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

http://www.cleartowersgift.com/c?x=HKpUvUroeAWEe4zeP15CZyDJ3zgeKSPapYbpDn3PN4Y=&c=sy4iZT2iJ5oFhkxEXfFo0ifJmHb9bPEsk c4lDTI5skCUvKK1eaSd3bm5ekhwSN7XVFICusjCYopjGjpkhhji3vyRESPZFsQwUxTBeaewCpGKt8nbBwBwb4XQfiGEbxg&fallback_url=https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/40.0.3/win32/.../Firefox Setup 40.0.3.exe

http://www.quickquickhosthostonctnent.com/c?x=vsjoyWz26FYhvJs79aISbJi7rTbmVRyFMIft/Ea/J8s=&c=okWPHxeqIozqKgD7TyJ2lMXdYmf 16dbCs bz5LyPSDhJMElsDDN575uCEUJC6jFeGWllDZh7u/fNdY4xwt4v9GvN7EFgG77pUzxqcUJv6cbyPGU5TexmyTCLnfLsxje&fallback_url=https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/firefox/releases/40.0.3/win32/.../Firefox Setup 40.0.3.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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