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chrome_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application chrome_setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 28 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. 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:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
ff8f334be4681382172b4a70d1f469cf

SHA-1:
46d0320c5af0f7588eff7471d0846250b4883b58

SHA-256:
e887d86b7d0d1c7762ec4e1da264831ed67107d69dc3c30d05dcb8bf603d7d9a

Scanner detections:
28 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/26/2024 9:58:50 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.DR.Injector
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
14.04.18

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.afc
7.11.144.164

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BR [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
Skodna.Bundle_r.J
2015.0.3501

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.128365
1.0.20.540

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
18146

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1479
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.128365
8.14.04.18.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen (variant)
8.9704

F-Prot
W32/Ibryte.D.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.128365
11.2014-18-04_6

G Data
Gen:Variant.Graftor.128365
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of videoconverter.exe (Adware)
2014.7.7.0

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

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11833

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.4000

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IBryte
v2014.04.18.12

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.128365
15.0.0.324

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.csnqdm
0.28.0.59492

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1059480
14.04.21.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.04.18.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PremiumInstaller.M
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.setup.a!1075354168
23.00.65.14416

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
28482

File size:
1 MB (1,059,480 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium 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:
35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/18/2013 2:04:49 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Y9cnu4Rfl55oUIJM8jo8F7ZPjQZpodiRQYTaMWMJMsgivxl5vbpNv:EcnuktIJM8jjtjMoo+MXJMsgir5vHv

Entry address:
0x31DC

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, B2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 44, B0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.9404

Code size:
101 KB (103,424 bytes)

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