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chrome_setup.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application chrome_setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 33 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
1fd82ac5915893c99d82c542e39cbe8d

SHA-1:
940a70ea9834712ac8effcbcc322239b61282ed4

SHA-256:
bcbac14eb6d82cd7114af31b3b10eedf5c036cd6579230167296f7b029417655

Scanner detections:
33 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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 9:07:39 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
876

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.DomaIQ
2014.09.28

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.174.250

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EW [PUP]
2014.9-140911

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3354

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
1.0.20.1270

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Application-449
0.98/19443

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19639

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30449
9.0.1.0254

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
8.14.09.11.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BI (variant)
8.10475

F-Prot
W32/A-e3403a0b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-11-09_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of 4enzfn1w.exe.part (Adware)
2014.11.5.18

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Bundler
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13504

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3266

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.11.06

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!93008101341C
5600.7010

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
15.0.0.762

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dembju
0.28.2.62286

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140911

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.138616
14.09.26.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.M
14.9.11.18

Sophos
iBryte Premium Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
33120

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1648
2.0.0.1935

File size:
135.4 KB (138,616 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/2/2014 5:24:35 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:eSQ7656qMt7mjf7MLiFCaoI9X2xgwaaOFHPkMKee/ipWVUe5XXJ1qDrIPSkTCmXw:Ent1I9XWHOFcMXrIakTCmuX

Entry address:
0x8411

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 94, A1, 40, 00, FF, 25, 90, A1, 40, 00, 68, 81, 84, 40, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, E0, 40, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.0400

Code size:
34.5 KB (35,328 bytes)

The file chrome_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://install.oinstaller5.com/o/.../Chrome_Setup.exe

http://secure.pn-installer7.com/o/.../Chrome_Setup.exe

http://imtrk.trktoo.com/.../go.php?s=2689293359

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