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2shared-chrome.exe

Tiger Download

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application 2shared-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Tiger Download 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 Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by Tiger Download)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
ab0438338458d66e133aeebc57109fe9

SHA-1:
e411f21d0775dabd9397b62714a3037a6d0488ed

SHA-256:
73aeb7a0ce200330631118bd7d185b4510e9edbe83cb6f599eed80d46d2026db

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
5/11/2024 9:30:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
17.2.11.21

File size:
350.9 KB (359,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\2shared-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Tiger Download

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/20/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/21/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Tiger Download, O=Tiger Download, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

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

Serial number:
00C11A19AF84BA9620158525D468DAF279

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
12/5/2014 6:00:26 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x20361

Entry point:
E8, AD, AE, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, E4, 73, 44, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 60, 70, 44, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.4250

Code size:
276.5 KB (283,136 bytes)

The file 2shared-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://www.downloadorce.com/track/install?creative_id=2shared&source=epom_2shared-us&adprovider=epom&cid=NXwxMTA3NTN8VVN8M3wxfHw|f19a9b949e6b558cff01b6944aa181b9-9118-65859&dlink=http://installationproxy354.com/o/.../2shared-Chrome.exe

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