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FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application chrome_setup.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
4e0c4b232cf6fd7d4c0f630075bfc630

SHA-1:
e78ffd01e48dd3d22111246f373ad2ce19a69cea

SHA-256:
83130404792f2a8490712f16d6100c655179578e15578a04cb4e4644edbb940f

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

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 2:49:16 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FUSIONIN.Bundler (M)
16.5.7.1

File size:
1.6 MB (1,678,120 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

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:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/23/2014 10:52:40 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:q4BAEM9qkWvEgk9HEsb8Nv8l6JiyBGBdU:J2EM0kWcmBf

Entry address:
0x359E5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, B0, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 78, 44, 59, 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, D4, 30, 59, 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:
7.1083

Code size:
390 KB (399,360 bytes)

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

http://officialpcupdates.com/browser-update/.../install.php?sid=&uid=&source=D-Chrome-Media1&transaction_id=d2e40d08-7c2b-423e-9132-9b658cf12a6f

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