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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, “Premium Installer ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 28 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 TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
130828680247556d4ce9507583a7397b

SHA-1:
af7aaa1a3fd80486eb589a2d74a3b26de738c6ee

SHA-256:
32cae7bd7ef32658482002943763cbb050253e4ed9fae0dbd872963361a25d14

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/19/2024 2:50:24 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
911

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.01.11

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.138.228

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-140419

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3500

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
1.0.20.1100

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BD
17589

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25322
9.0.1.0109

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.J.gen (variant)
8.9276

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-08-08_6

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.4.22

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of updater_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.7.8.3

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.175.10807

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3993

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2014.04.19.08

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
15.0.0.660

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.Downware.cqrpld
0.28.0.57029

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.2505000
14.03.25.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.08.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TINYINSTALLER.M
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.iBryte!1.9E1A
23.00.65.14417

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.96

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
25296

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.674
2.0.0.1799

File size:
2.4 MB (2,505,000 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 7:59:59 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:
11/27/2013 5:10:57 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:Q5dLbTumkNble+OiSrYSzA3x7kslTWeGBmBd8Q+zw:MPTumkNhSaxtlTEBi

Entry address:
0x5AB45

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 9C, 49, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 38, C9, 65, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 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, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 94, B5, 65, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.2620

Code size:
538.5 KB (551,424 bytes)

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