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File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application downloadsetup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from dl-gate.net.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
88d70ec85c30e4963976fdd1cbf75a44

SHA-1:
d8600529278736ec4383fc87067016ebd6c0d900

SHA-256:
8c7c5a30ac806d3a6026d293e9182024c95d99d1693437749d4b4c5cf2c4292e

Scanner detections:
38 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Injects advertisements in the web browser in the form or banner ads and popups.

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:
4/19/2024 11:56:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
880

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.08.20

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.167.238

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140908

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3358

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.1498

Bitdefender
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
1.0.20.1255

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-592
0.98/19086

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.Click3.5306
9.0.1.0251

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
8.14.09.08.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.Agent.NNN (variant)
8.10280

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
9/8/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
11.2014-08-09_2

G Data
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.BFNI
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Riskware
13.176.11711

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.GigaClicks.A
v2014.09.08.08

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.7014

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
15.0.0.753

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Adpeak.cumkpw
0.28.0.59826

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140908

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.08.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.N
14.9.8.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14906

Sophos
Mal/Generic-S
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10372

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.251

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.08

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
160.5 KB (164,384 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2014 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion (using Nullsoft Install System)

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/18/2014 4:30:00 AM

Valid to:
3/19/2015 3:29:59 AM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", 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:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/12/2014 12:34:44 AM

OS version:
4.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
6.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:rjnBTi2CRDZYzIq0Vw0r1+ZNEo3HoHQMw32kI:Xhi2CEZ09Y5HJI

Entry address:
0x322E

Entry point:
81, EC, D4, 02, 00, 00, 53, 55, 56, 57, 6A, 20, 33, ED, 5E, 89, 6C, 24, 14, C7, 44, 24, 10, D8, A2, 40, 00, 89, 6C, 24, 1C, FF, 15, 34, 80, 40, 00, 68, 01, 80, 00, 00, FF, 15, 34, 81, 40, 00, 55, FF, 15, AC, 82, 40, 00, 6A, 08, A3, 58, AF, 47, 00, E8, 9F, 2E, 00, 00, A3, A4, AE, 47, 00, 55, 8D, 44, 24, 34, 68, B4, 02, 00, 00, 50, 55, 68, B8, 01, 44, 00, FF, 15, 7C, 81, 40, 00, 68, C0, A2, 40, 00, 68, A0, 2E, 47, 00, E8, 0A, 2B, 00, 00, FF, 15, 38, 81, 40, 00, BB, 00, B0, 4C, 00, 50, 53, E8, F8, 2A, 00, 00...
 
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Entropy:
5.2194

Packer / compiler:
Nullsoft install system v2.x

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

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

http://dl-gate.net/?id=p191&sub=ar&name=File.Download&nor=1&subid=10733521471

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