ffdshow_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This is published and distributed via an Adknowledge's advertising supported (adware) software installer. The application ffdshow_setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 2 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from install2.optimum-installer.com and multiple other hosts.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
8b9ba242b82eab4ee8d87acbaece27d2

SHA-1:
4d3d20387d8093ab62e10ae5f9579423a659103c

SHA-256:
77fa7f9cd7fb1f5ee33814f01754f54b796fd73169c629ecdd2531f92e9547e8

Scanner detections:
2 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer 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:
4/23/2024 1:12:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Boost by Reason
Adware.Installer.PremiumInstaller.N
2013.7.26.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PremiumInstaller.N
14.8.8.3

File size:
1 MB (1,067,672 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 4:59:59 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:
7/24/2013 1:25:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

Entry address:
0x456C

Code size:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

The file ffdshow_setup.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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