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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 37 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
c212c175f2262a08b7e477feabd74162

SHA-1:
6f61547dfb40d8d5a6d258e047074d2ea1e3c4f1

SHA-256:
828b9f3faaf10872bd365c080489b18aca81cb77dd3457a2855378d81a8e36e1

Scanner detections:
37 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
4/19/2024 9:50:08 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Generic.593289
833

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.144.160

avast!
Win32:IBryte-CH [PUP]
141023-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.ASK
2014.0.4040

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.141024

Bitdefender
Application.Generic.593289
1.0.20.1485

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6804
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.IBryte.U
18142

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25368
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Adware.Agent.NUY
8.14.10.24.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.L.gen application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/IBryte
10/24/2014

F-Prot
W32/Backdoor2.HTKO
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Generic.593289
11.2014-24-10_6

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11595

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3051

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.10.24.05

McAfee
Artemis!5032EA165D47
5600.6967

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Generic.593289
15.0.0.891

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cvbmel
0.28.0.59492

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.05.09.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
14.10.24.05

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALL.M
14.10.24.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.PremiumInstaller!1.9F73
23.00.65.141022

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10280

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.EHeKKHD
37.0.10890

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0127
7.2.297

Trend Micro
TROJ_FRS.PMA001AD14
10.465.24

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
28462

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.120232
2.0.0.1771

File size:
2.5 MB (2,625,832 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 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 6:59:59 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:
1/7/2014 2:59:55 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Wrr9Zge1viE10Lqbm0hct8MRyTGPGo8L8y8Bma4eBdyKnri6:uZgwviE1s58sW05BmZAnu6

Entry address:
0x784E5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C0, 7C, 4B, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, D8, BD, 67, 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, 34, AA, 67, 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:
7.2355

Code size:
657 KB (672,768 bytes)

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