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icreinstall_windowscodec.exe

My Program

Open Source Developer

The installer utilizes InstallCore which may bundle about 3-4 offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application icreinstall_windowscodec.exe, “My Program Setup ” by Open Source Developer has been detected as a potentially unwanted program by 8 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:
Open Source Developer  (signed and verified)

Product:
My Program

Description:
My Program Setup

MD5:
697d4f9841761cea730c9285dedcb624

SHA-1:
8d7f24e8736156e3ea5c7f6311abcfb85c1e2bac

SHA-256:
55a32b47877fc11cdc36015b4696d60c44fa44dd3a28331c4d12a83a23797da8

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Potentially unwanted

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

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
12/24/2024 4:44:53 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen9
7.11.176.146

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.14104

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.PR (variant)
8.10510

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
10/4/2014

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.183.13584

McAfee
Artemis!697D4F984176
5600.6987

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.f22
1.0.0.1015

Sophos
Generic PUA IN
4.98

File size:
764.4 KB (782,720 bytes)

Product version:
1.5

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Open Source Developer

Authority:
Unizeto Technologies S.A.

Valid from:
11/14/2013 5:54:26 AM

Valid to:
11/14/2014 5:54:26 AM

Subject:
E=admin@mediacodec.org, CN=Open Source Developer, OU=Software Publishing, O=Open Source Developer, C=PL

Issuer:
CN=Certum Level III CA, OU=Certum Certification Authority, O=Unizeto Technologies S.A., C=PL

Serial number:
39A416F8FFA5E48B147ADBE062E63C90

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 6:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:MPFa8n65z0DXmcwMLAKWmtIWUq/auyVmBY6FQPmEHhM4H9ftyWcHpU:MPFpn6TYYAIdqAmYeV6ty3S

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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Entropy:
7.6794

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file icreinstall_windowscodec.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

http://windowsetup.com/.../?product=wecp&io=A012&ad=pop&ua=gc&clk=0

http://d14gbdnn5fokdd.cloudfront.net/.../WindowsCodec.exe

http://windowsetup.com/.../?product=wecp&ad=codec&io=A012

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)

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