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openofficesetup.exe

ICS Setup

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application openofficesetup.exe by ICS Setup 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Apache OpenOffice but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
ICS Setup  (signed and verified)

MD5:
5c6585297a6f978f4e583563a5fc13fe

SHA-1:
8dc12d68262abe7cd24d79713c2a4d09a9254e41

SHA-256:
022d02c32871eeec8c520031d3d1b8386317f4d296e80a1589f5396a59878864

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is 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:
12/25/2024 6:44:48 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.ICSSetup.Installer (M)
16.4.20.5

File size:
1.8 MB (1,891,392 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\openofficesetup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
ICS Setup

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/23/2014 5:30:00 AM

Valid to:
1/24/2015 5:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=ICS Setup, O=ICS Setup, STREET=Lilienblum 28, L=Tel-Aviv, S=Gush dan, PostalCode=65113, C=IL

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

Serial number:
401AE9F3E475B300437336E84E319A7F

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/20/1992 3:52:17 AM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:+dvwWMOixvKDLJQgn933BuWyx5hrno5Q:+BJEoLmy5RuWero

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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Entropy:
4.1194

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

The file openofficesetup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.soft-place.com/?dl=1&dr=c3aW7mcm2r0Wc32lDXimcHaWck1JcrVu dDmIKNlvmCWcyDEcmlChSDBDz1l QDj7z1vTQDj rcWDK4m7z0RvmiWAkDjIKiWXzCRAZLyATn0ASDPDdlChV8wATg3NZMzAT7y

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