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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 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 TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
ab7cbddd19c9e52e363db160fb1f3908

SHA-1:
cc3d468ce3d9f8690d714600e042ff9a93610a74

SHA-256:
6a9283d3c72a19c3d79d0e733ea99f08122599247765e6bb7e9a1dca992c5095

Scanner detections:
33 / 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:
4/27/2024 2:01:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
817

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
14.11.09

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/iBryte.Gen
7.11.139.16

avast!
Win32:IBryte-GJ [PUP]
141025-0

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.APZ
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
1.0.20.1565

Bkav FE
W32.Clodc5e.Trojan
1.3.0.4562

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

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24939
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
14.11.09

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Q application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/IBryte_I
11/9/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-b6581ad9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-09-11_1

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.11.24

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
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.11.09.01

McAfee
Artemis!4CE65002ACB2
5600.6951

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
15.0.0.939

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
14.11.09.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TINYINSTALLER.M
14.11.9.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.141107

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V1114
7.2.313

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 MB (2,132,776 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:
11/8/2013 4:47:07 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZaFGRmKvGg/3vXVmWJ2aBFgn2SgM7Sgq0lxmDvCHRKcBNpEd8KRZSuHveHxry9df:dRmKvGaFjm5gM7VNxjqaayBGGQd

Entry address:
0x38E85

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 7C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, D8, 19, 60, 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, 34, 06, 60, 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:
7.2559

Code size:
403 KB (412,672 bytes)

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

http://urgentpcdownloads.com/browser-update/.../install.php?sid=cpa&uid=&source=&transaction_id=94ae6de3-d46d-4fcb-ab23-d36d94493c52

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