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icreinstall_music-chow-1-1-32-bits.exe

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Platform Astro (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_music-chow-1-1-32-bits.exe, “Installer Setup ” by Platform Astro (Fried Cookie) has been detected as adware by 9 anti-malware scanners. 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.
Publisher:
Software prog   (signed by Platform Astro (Fried Cookie Ltd))

Product:
Installer

Description:
Installer Setup

Version:
3.1.1.4

MD5:
c1e07b415d205f77b416c93b3cd1d886

SHA-1:
b16266020cc4e950d161ca9631010361743b1383

SHA-256:
ff58d2e2246c00ba17a9215c522568ff9ae3110418d11f1e8e406ea84cce550c

Scanner detections:
9 / 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:
1/13/2025 5:19:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

AVG
Generic
2016.0.2967

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.FriedCookie.CIRK
22334

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.890
9.0.1.0276

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.OM potentially unwanted application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of realtek-hd-audio-drivers-vista-windows-7-r2-70-32-bits.exe (Adware)
2015.10.3.22

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.InstallCore.SID.C
v2015.10.03.10

Reason Heuristics
PUP.InstallCore.Installer.Installer (M)
15.8.18.8

Vba32 AntiVirus
Malware-Cryptor.InstallCore.gen
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
40824

File size:
677.7 KB (693,920 bytes)

Product version:
2.6.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\local\temp\icreinstall_music-chow-1-1-32-bits.exe

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

Authority:
GlobalSign nv-sa

Valid from:
4/27/2015 7:53:56 PM

Valid to:
4/27/2016 7:53:56 PM

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

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

Serial number:
1121B4A1AA4D1DF540EC46834D78E914A598

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 1:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:001GjkVZpVOS5jtkEeRpR6/rDTYdkJ0KzI1TUaoKmquD0G0:0011VjtJzYE0oKmqZp

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:
7.8556

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

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file icreinstall_music-chow-1-1-32-bits.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://cdn.goodbundlecosmos.com/c?x=fTXWUNSo9/eqqLm16jnli2nvlBhR/Xk8Jn8zmo7q 0I=&c=TkYk2UpcNicBz0EXbIhF7mX0Nwt9gba6e r4uVhfJyg0zWTFD1Eu0gdoaNK6JreRroCMWyorfHt1QwGzPYS/3Q==&fallback_url=https://.../#!3VtliChQ!vo8ue2oCeWusvleqS9_HZPItMP_6El1mE0Ce99Kr14w

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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