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icreinstall_tomsinstaller.exe

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Purch

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_tomsinstaller.exe, “Application Setup ” by Purch 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. While running, it connects to the Internet address os.solvefile.com on port 80 using the HTTP protocol.
Publisher:
Software Installer   (signed by Purch)

Product:
Application

Description:
Application Setup

MD5:
e908fc5cd4229b75587e6c9da8602238

SHA-1:
a2596a501cda6facf07b73db1953c94ceac55601

SHA-256:
7ddf7c60b88f56bd33121e61423493e9137f50df687d189c46ae61af66910074

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:
12/26/2024 6:09:40 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore (M)
16.10.3.12

File size:
1 MB (1,076,176 bytes)

Product version:
2.1.2

Copyright:
Internet

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Purch

Authority:
DigiCert Inc

Valid from:
4/17/2015 4:00:00 AM

Valid to:
4/25/2018 4:00:00 PM

Subject:
CN=Purch, O=Purch, L=Ogden, S=Utah, C=US

Issuer:
CN=DigiCert SHA2 Assured ID Code Signing CA, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

Serial number:
05B8DC1B7B5897B627456007B89CEDFB

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 2:22:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ptkuaJa4TKxrraEaJjRg1oANoGGsbeVBAcMBwck4IzbsU:pKuaYMUrxlmYoFsm6nbk7zbJ

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, 53, C9, FF, FF, E8, 9A, 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 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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