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bluestacks-installer.exe

Boot Compute

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application bluestacks-installer.exe, “Software Installer ” by Boot Compute has been detected as adware by 29 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
Software Installer   (signed by Boot Compute)

Product:
Software Installer

Description:
Software Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
4717e9e63dc04d7cc20db57ea78d031d

SHA-1:
fd2b118b1086dbbeb643b231923fbffcf8b73e16

SHA-256:
26f8491d1308ef0e9eb92292d67d35077d663ac3184c726243f754771cba03ae

Scanner detections:
29 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/19/2024 1:31:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
794

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxox
7.11.189.216

avast!
Win32:IBryte-FC [PUP]
2014.9-140920

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3345

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
1.0.20.1685

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
20265

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32118
9.0.1.0263

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
8.14.12.03.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BL application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.4346808
9/20/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-512ed8f8
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
11.2014-03-12_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of windowsmediaplayer.exe (Adware)
2014.12.3.11

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.186.14210

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.2854

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2014.12.03.06

McAfee
IBryte-FSU
5600.6928

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Kazy.466534
15.0.0.1011

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.devbxn
0.28.6.63850

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.273784
14.12.02.01

Panda Antivirus
Generic Suspicious
14.09.20.11

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
12.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BootCompute.U
14.9.20.23

Sophos
Mal/Inject-CEE
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
35224

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1813
2.0.0.1997

File size:
267.4 KB (273,784 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Software Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\bluestacks-installer.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Boot Compute

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Boot Compute, O=Boot Compute, 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:
059AEF62ABD7F83178378663E98BDE5C

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/10/2014 10:56:35 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:SPIIgtfSJImToYYOsNmEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslCA:SPITtfS90TDkbJqL3J7HgGsgA

Entry address:
0x163AF

Entry point:
E8, BE, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 54, 81, 41, 00, 68, 19, 64, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, D0, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, 5A, 5F, 41, 00...
 
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Entropy:
7.1380

Code size:
92 KB (94,208 bytes)

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