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chrome_setup.exe

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 by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 22 anti-malware scanners. 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:
ExpressInstaller  (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
ExpressInstaller

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
33d18966ea610b0f6a31a0b11c904328

SHA-1:
3f9017f03b7d912d145c399ba8b3328f409c1fd2

SHA-256:
6ee1ff1e22d4ae7ba94ce6dea1c9a315747d3dd54262182ca723b43c97d3171b

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
4/20/2024 1:50:51 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
2014.06.21

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.155.242

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
140813-1

AVG
TINY INSTALLER
2015.0.3367

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
18611

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25426
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Kryptik.BLXE trojan
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
8/29/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.180.12478

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2014.08.29.06

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cjxrvu
0.28.0.60253

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.2059560
14.06.20.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TINYINSTALLER.M
14.8.29.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Graftor!6.51B
23.00.65.14827

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29708

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.119351
2.0.0.1832

File size:
1.9 MB (1,987,368 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 ExpressInstaller

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:
10/9/2013 7:05:29 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:bbitfPgS2zaGj3JaU4Vu2sG/E/n0/RopkK1fAs:bGfPh2WGNaBVu2s//n9kKO

Entry address:
0x361A5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, 4B, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, B8, DD, 5D, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 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, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 14, CA, 5D, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.2197

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

The file chrome_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://install.oinstaller2.com/o/.../Chrome_Setup.exe

http://secure.oi-installer9.com/o/.../Chrome_Setup.exe

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