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chrome_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application chrome_setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 23 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:
InstallManager  (signed by Premium Installer)

Description:
InstallManager

Version:
2, 1, 0, 0

MD5:
2ec9c80543fde8ccecf97d7fd4b1f3ab

SHA-1:
ce52d3df93ea95282a29e4ca6aea29876d844810

SHA-256:
cb14daa55dae0cf4d1b598e882c9ffd388c9750c769e9b0744bc9e2e65a48f8b

Scanner detections:
23 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components.

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:
4/20/2024 6:58:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.10.22

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.afc
7.11.180.106

avast!
Installer-K [PUP]
141003-0

AVG
Adware Generic5.AFUT
2014.0.4040

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
19870

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1450, Adware.Downware.1479
9.0.1.05190

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
10/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-6d9fc912
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.184.13741

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IBryte
v2014.10.22.03

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.csnqdm
0.28.2.62841

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1069208
14.10.21.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PremiumInstaller.M
14.10.22.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.iBryte!1.980C
23.00.65.141020

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.118270
2.0.0.1962

File size:
1 MB (1,069,208 bytes)

Product version:
2, 1, 0, 0

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:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Premium Installer, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=Premium 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:
35BB74B905C01CE61DA131BA49337F33

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/28/2013 12:32:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:jqqwKO2JhwtnKqRnrgcCzCUPfJsb3hNmXJ16zLcuqYGB:+7KfrwtnKEnrgrzCU3Jsb3hEXv6/qj

Entry address:
0x3BFC

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, B2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 44, B0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.9122

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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