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icreinstall_skype.exe

NextRadioTV

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_skype.exe by NextRadioTV 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:
NextRadioTV  (signed and verified)

MD5:
335dae57740b14effaf92a12197978c4

SHA-1:
20e0c3e4a84ee4f55bf0329fee1bba740806802f

SHA-256:
a766c90dd63900ed49d5da566b92e131e9d448c7ab37a14068086fce2d818fcd

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The installer is a co-bundle distribution utility that might contain adware or various unwanted programs. While the software it is providing is typically clean, the donwload manager offers could be classified as unwanted.

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:
11/27/2024 1:55:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
17.1.27.16

File size:
1 MB (1,089,928 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
NextRadioTV

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
8/6/2012 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
8/7/2013 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=NextRadioTV, O=NextRadioTV, STREET=12 rue d Oradour sur Glane, L=Paris, S=IDF, PostalCode=75015, C=FR

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00F6B0E6D7739316BE77DBC3CE3EF38235

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:
0xCAC70

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, F0, B8, 28, 50, 41, 00, E8, E3, FD, FF, FF, 44, 61, 48, 00, 8B, C0, FF, 25, 40, 61, 48, 00, 8B, C0, 53, 56, BE, E0, 55, 48, 00, 83, 3E, 00, 75, 3A, 68, 44, 06, 00, 00, 6A, 00, E8, A8, FF, FF, FF, 8B, C8, 85, C9, 75, 05, 33, C0, 5E, 5B, C3, A1, DC, 55, 48, 00, 89, 01, 89, 0D, DC, 55, 48, 00, 33, D2, 8B, C2, 03, C0, 8D, 44, C1, 04, 8B, 1E, 89, 18, 89, 06, 42, 83, FA, 64, 75, EC, 8B, 06, 8B, 10, 89, 16, 5E, 5B, C3, 90, 89, 00, 89, 40, 04, C3, 8B, C0, 53, 56, 8B, F2, 8B, D8, E8, 9D, FF, FF...
 
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Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
828 KB (847,872 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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