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TINY INSTALLER

Tiny Installer is a download manager variant from Adknowledge that packages various adware-type offers (toolbar, coupon extensions, utilities) with software distributions. The application chrome_setup.exe, “Express Install ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 36 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:
Express Install   (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
0c775d2f58e87889fe923820814621cc

SHA-1:
2b7750fa1ddace9bdb2a998b0f3d3398515a8fdb

SHA-256:
ae2ada8c6809744daf77dfd49cd92127b5b8d9e0073b10d73e12a745db9bde57

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager bundles various adware components.

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:
4/25/2024 8:05:19 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.5
435

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.10.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/iBryte.Gen
8.3.2.2

Arcabit
Trojan.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.5
1.0.0.582

avast!
Win32:IBryte-GJ [PUP]
2014.9-151126

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2016.0.2913

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.5
1.0.20.1650

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.7237

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
23409

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1602
9.0.1.0330

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
8.15.11.26.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.CB.Gen (variant)
9.12404

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/IBryte_I
11/26/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-c8557b7d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-26-11_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
15.11.25

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.TinyInstaller
t3scan.1.9.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.210.17527

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.1061

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller
v2015.11.26.08

McAfee
Artemis!0C775D2F58E8
5600.6569

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.5
16.0.0.990

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.ckibss
0.30.26.3947

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.5
11.20151126

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1867560
15.10.13.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.11.26.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
PUA.Tinyinstal.Gen
11.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.TINYINSTALLER.Installer (M)
15.11.26.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C[F1]
23.00.65.151124

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.IBryte/Variant
9483

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.4

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
29298

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.667
2.0.0.2445

File size:
1.8 MB (1,867,560 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Express Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TINY INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TINY INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TINY INSTALLER, L=Wilmington, S=Delaware, C=US

Issuer:
CN=VeriSign Class 3 Code Signing 2010 CA, OU=Terms of use at https://www.verisign.com/rpa (c)10, OU=VeriSign Trust Network, O="VeriSign, Inc.", C=US

Serial number:
54C184C0CB6B6510B3582483FC098463

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/4/2013 1:13:02 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Vwa21gycvUYDB9N3fXy0OAZ5l40IyxTd3Hd6ek:j21gycs69Nvvt2yxT/s

Entry address:
0x361F5

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 78, 08, 5C, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, D4, F4, 5B, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.1612

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

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