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FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application chrome_setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 21 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
951ab9fe2bd501fb4777c55a10d81670

SHA-1:
53758c1ad5bc7c36cc1506842f23c887082ba677

SHA-256:
fdceacd530877a40bbef5926e3f114d113da191c04c71cae6d5e9a35740ded22

Scanner detections:
21 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

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:
4/18/2024 9:58:18 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
14.06.04

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.146.188

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-140604

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3454

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Ibryte.EDF
18196

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.191
9.0.1.0220

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.L.gen application
8.7.0.302.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.11951

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.06.04.12

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cjxrvu
0.28.0.59608

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Inject.1673000
14.04.30.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
14.06.04.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALL.M
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.PremiumInstaller!1.9F73
23.00.65.14806

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.BYaFcbB
37.0.10884

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
28764

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.120147
2.0.0.1775

File size:
2.4 MB (2,545,448 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion 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:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/9/2014 2:31:35 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:zDlC7wQ5W/639+0qto7eemsYc0BGBd2Yw:Q7wWW/6+s4BFYw

Entry address:
0x77295

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C0, 6C, 4B, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, F8, 83, 66, 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, 54, 70, 66, 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:
7.2262

Code size:
652.5 KB (668,160 bytes)

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

http://officialpcupdates.com/browser-update/.../install.php?sid=&uid=&source=D-Chrome-Media1&transaction_id=0c49d542-0550-4307-80bc-436828d5912c

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