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firefox_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application firefox_setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 23 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Mozilla Firefox web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
bcedb1cf1d7ae9803f832a97d9b67bf1

SHA-1:
495fa855cd64d6132dd4edbed123c2b496b601bc

SHA-256:
492b2c3c93ce161a8d5a915b660cb2c256f6c01f512ba67750ed2728ef6f46a0

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
4/26/2024 12:32:44 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
2014.11.02

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.182.172

avast!
Win32:Installer-K [PUP]
2014.9-141101

AVG
Generic5
2015.0.3304

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
19960

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.3855
9.0.1.0305

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen (variant)
8.10654

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
11/1/2014

F-Prot
W32/Ibryte.D.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.8.3.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.185.13866

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3014

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IBryte.A
v2014.11.01.07

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cssqfh
0.28.6.62995

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1065112
14.10.31.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PremiumInstaller.Q
14.11.1.6

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.2C
23.00.65.141030

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
34424

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.562
2.0.0.1973

File size:
1 MB (1,065,112 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 7:59:59 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:
8/20/2013 9:51:52 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ywBTQkXhFHS3KjdvDf5APTtdOpXT1pfhAP5:ywBsihxz5vDfOPTtU5fg

Entry address:
0x466C

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, C2, 41, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 44, C0, 41, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.9230

Code size:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

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