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firefox_setup.exe

TINY INSTALLER

Tiny Installer is a download manager variant from Adknowledge that packages various adware-type offers (toolbar, coupon extensions, utilities) with software distributions. The application firefox_setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 20 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 by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
c0bdef58eea3a504b1c20c3503d1fae6

SHA-1:
5b17ad8653a08d73b864aabd25d716fc4f050ced

SHA-256:
1e649c62d4f483700fbd85ebf3f574fd8e3d6aadb380e2bc6bd6932006e0d52b

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager 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:
4/27/2024 1:33:34 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.AdWare
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
14.04.19

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.138.228

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-140419

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3500

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BA
17993

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25182
9.0.1.0109

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte (variant)
8.9594

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of updater_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.7.7.9

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11554

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3995

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.04.19.02

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cssrmm
0.28.0.58720

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.2505000
14.03.25.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.TINYINSTALLER.N
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.14417

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
27744

File size:
2.4 MB (2,505,000 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TINY INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TINY INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TINY 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:
54C184C0CB6B6510B3582483FC098463

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
11/27/2013 4:10:57 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:B5dLbTumkNble+OiSrYSzA3x7kslTWeGBmBd2Q+zw:RPTumkNhSaxtlTEBA

Entry address:
0x5AB45

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 9C, 49, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 38, C9, 65, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 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, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 94, B5, 65, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.2620

Code size:
538.5 KB (551,424 bytes)

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