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 35 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:
07952f97d903d4afc118f1353afc5ad1

SHA-1:
ca937ba059522d9eed9a1c6a3cddeb8f4faf25ba

SHA-256:
f5b9fe931910de7e018ebc9e3dbfa07bc55ac571c97465e121b9b6a9137d330d

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
4/20/2024 12:28:21 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
15.01.11

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/iBryte.Gen
7.11.139.16

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
150102-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic
2016.0.3232

Bkav FE
W32.Clodc5e.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BC
17997

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25264
9.0.1.05190

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/IBryte_I
1/11/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-b6581ad9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11566

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
v2015.01.11.11

McAfee
Artemis!4CE65002ACB2
5600.6888

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cssrny
0.28.0.58720

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.2252584
14.03.26.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.01.11.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.EK4
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TINYINSTALLER.M
15.1.11.23

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.15109

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.09

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1114
7.2.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
27768

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.674
2.0.0.1799

File size:
2.2 MB (2,274,088 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:

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:
12/13/2013 10:51:58 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:lUwcJiLV/3RpbCyjlLKaEstI+EPelPwNe70B+KflBd:liiLV/3RhCOiem5B+

Entry address:
0x51C25

Entry point:
E8, 62, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 88, 0C, 49, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, D8, 77, 62, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 65, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C7, 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, 48, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 34, 64, 62, 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:
7.2528

Code size:
502.5 KB (514,560 bytes)

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

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