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chrome_installer.exe

Installer Application Soft

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, “Installer Application Soft Setup ” by Geryon Ads S.L has been detected as adware by 16 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Geryon Ads S.L.  (signed and verified)

Product:
Installer Application Soft

Description:
Installer Application Soft Setup

MD5:
bd5a00ed7bd8e3bcbb4ab60cea7c7340

SHA-1:
d09379ca3d05052fbd41d2656a0ace16def2e183

SHA-256:
eece7ec9b852c835b11c30eeee5cc350e2917af7bfd276b4fe28a0af28717ea5

Scanner detections:
16 / 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 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:
4/26/2024 6:45:25 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.InstallCore
7.1.1

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/InstallCore.Gen7
7.11.198.230

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3017

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.InstallCore
4.0.3.15815

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
UnclassifiedMalware
21983

Dr.Web
Trojan.InstallCore.151
9.0.1.0227

ESET NOD32
Win32/InstallCore.UE (variant)
9.10949

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/InstallCore
8/15/2015

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of internetexplorer_installer.exe (Adware)
2015.9.28.12

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.188.14496

McAfee
Artemis!BD5A00ED7BD8
5600.6673

Reason Heuristics
PUP.installCore.GeryonAds.Installer (M)
15.8.15.8

Sophos
Generic PUA NA
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
Suspicious_GEN.F47V1224
7.2.271

VIPRE Antivirus
InstallCore
36248

File size:
759.8 KB (778,016 bytes)

Product version:
4.6

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
installCore (using Inno Setup)

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:msFa1DnfMwXJX0J86KUeXaT26aXurhCQd1RAl1ub7lZnBwLnGjJOzASjo2mJCmkf:msFEL1JkJcNXS2vghDdsl1ub7hQMemJG

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

Code size:
37 KB (37,888 bytes)

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

http://downloadpcapps.com/.../chrome_pa.php

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