chrome_setup.exe

Prime Installer

Free Virus Soft

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application chrome_setup.exe by Free Virus Soft has been detected as adware by 14 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. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.dwnld08.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Free Virus Soft  (signed and verified)

Product:
Prime Installer

MD5:
e865814a8a8900496ee1e39f980485b2

SHA-1:
e4641bb19815a92f034b21bab7c92765d4c39227

SHA-256:
3a6b6f6f4b6d63bd69d74f5eaf549190c7f445cbdae9481fd83412b32c45becb

Scanner detections:
14 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:
This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 11:41:47 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2015.03.06

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.214.34

avast!
PUP-gen [PUP]
150303-0

AVG
AdPlugin
2016.0.3179

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-7917
0.98/20150

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader12.24638
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/Adware.iBryte.BY application
9.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
2015.6.12.14

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:AdWare.iBryte
t3scan.1.8.6.0

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dnpxpr
0.30.0.296

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.3.5.21

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
36694

File size:
492 KB (503,784 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion (using Inno Setup)

Language:
Language Neutral

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\chrome_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Free Virus Soft, O=Free Virus Soft, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00C7C7950B1D1328B35E2542BD153CE6CF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/19/1992 3:22:17 PM

OS version:
1.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
2.25

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:SQiG4aCZgrLLFFLvpVy9+MBTlPadSfXioRcpMXVJoC:SQi9QLxFb6UMBTlP0QjcpMXVJoC

Entry address:
0xA5F8

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, C4, C4, 53, 56, 57, 33, C0, 89, 45, F0, 89, 45, DC, E8, CE, 8A, FF, FF, E8, D5, 9C, FF, FF, E8, 64, 9F, FF, FF, E8, 07, A0, FF, FF, E8, A6, BF, FF, FF, E8, 11, E9, FF, FF, E8, 78, EA, FF, FF, 33, C0, 55, 68, C9, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 30, 64, 89, 20, 33, D2, 55, 68, 92, AC, 40, 00, 64, FF, 32, 64, 89, 22, A1, 14, C0, 40, 00, E8, 26, F5, FF, FF, E8, 11, F1, FF, FF, 80, 3D, 34, B2, 40, 00, 00, 74, 0C, E8, 23, F6, FF, FF, 33, C0, E8, C4, 97, FF, FF, 8D, 55, F0, 33, C0, E8, B6, C5, FF, FF, 8B, 55...
 
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Entropy:
7.4216

Packer / compiler:
Inno Setup v5.x - Installer Maker

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

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