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 27 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:
2e630c8b4ceb809209b69a6f04095bcc

SHA-1:
d8442cbfb1d1f5719ef8e86b7a0c5dae78dc1295

SHA-256:
6bf6d0cd98f236d342d0a65f4b6a86779096fc31aba18ee664a62b0a95c7d336

Scanner detections:
27 / 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:
4/25/2024 9:15:04 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
14.07.14

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/iBryte.Gen
7.11.139.16

avast!
IBryte-BY [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.AQQ
2014.0.3986

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

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25262
9.0.1.05190

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-14-07_2

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.7.24

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
v2014.07.14.07

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
14.07.14.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TINYINSTALLER.M
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.14712

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:
2.1 MB (2,252,584 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 2:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 1:59:59 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:
11/12/2013 10:37:06 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:b2ktlIXjUdoWga+HUfumMxeEmJESp5JLBGkdd:5tlAUdMDDIBpfBb

Entry address:
0x384A5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 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, 98, F4, 61, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 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, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, F4, E0, 61, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.2629

Code size:
401 KB (410,624 bytes)

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

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