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chrome_installer.exe

Program

Geryon Ads S.L.

The installer utilizes the installCore download manager which may bundle additional offers for various ad-supported toolbars, extensions and utilities. The application chrome_installer.exe, “Program Setup ” by Geryon Ads S.L has been detected as adware by 12 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. 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.

File name:

Publisher:

Installer Web (signed by Geryon Ads S.L.)

Product:

Program

Description:

Program Setup

MD5:

8c3b4a1884a733c5ad517542c458a1da

SHA-1:

7d409d0ccab2965bf2088088d82c6781046ed3e3

SHA-256:

60213716dfe1fe7bdf67b2c04efce89566d50f3da3e5a89bda002823497f25c8

Scanner detections:

12 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

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

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:

4/24/2024 7:09:57 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/InstallCore.A.254

7.11.215.230

AVG

Generic

2016.0.3116

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.InstallCore

4.0.3.1558

Dr.Web

Trojan.InstallCore.151

9.0.1.0128

ESET NOD32

Win32/InstallCore.WT potentially unwanted application

9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

Riskware/InstallCore

5/8/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of firefox_installer.exe (Adware)

2015.7.31.5

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.202.15354

McAfee

Trojan.Artemis!8C3B4A1884A7

5600.6772

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.GeryonAds

15.5.8.5

Trend Micro House Call

Suspicious_GEN.F47V0227

7.2.128

VIPRE Antivirus

InstallCore

38702

File size:

686.8 KB (703,320 bytes)

Product version:

5.0.0

File type:

Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:

installCore (using Inno Setup)

Language:

Language Neutral

Common path:

C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome_installer.exe

Digital Signature

Signed by:

Geryon Ads S.L.

Authority:

Thawte, Inc.

Valid from:

6/16/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

6/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=Geryon Ads S.L., OU=IT, O=Geryon Ads S.L., L=Barcelona, S=Barcelona, C=ES

Issuer:

CN=Thawte Code Signing CA - G2, O="Thawte, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:

71F910550D2DD2713679787B12FF2EA0

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/20/1992 12:22:17 AM

OS version:

1.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):

12288:FmWGXDBI/KM+t6PSjJ6SHYdf5Rd+kULG9m8jYG3v0UxjkTfvaXrY9UVxfgEn7OKA:FmW+DDMWZjJ6S8JP9mQ93cOcQlU

Entry address:

0xA5F8

Entry point:

55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55... 
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Entropy:

7.8876

Packer / compiler:

Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:

39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

http://downloadpcapps.com/.../chrome_adf.php

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