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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, “Express Install ” by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 28 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:
Express Install   (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
f871c2e1c3972480f9592513072eb85a

SHA-1:
9ef6045a54ae2a88b153ce87419c00b87dd96d6a

SHA-256:
643ea64887a10cef71973f16541d4dea7050d1ed6ae3c9e43b2d2decc00cb24f

Scanner detections:
28 / 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:
4/19/2024 11:57:22 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.180Solutions
2014.12.15

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.195.108

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-150306

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.AOZ
2014.0.4257

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
18064

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1563, Adware.Downware.1554
9.0.1.065

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.I application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
3/6/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-352b3331
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.IBryte
15.3.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of setup.exe (Adware)
2015.6.12.17

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.TinyInstaller
t3scan.1.8.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.176.11684

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.2389

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2015.03.06.03

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.cspzhi
0.28.0.59048

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1838376
14.12.12.01

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.EK4
3.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.3.6.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Injector!1.9C6C
23.00.65.15304

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.IBryte/Variant
10015

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
28115

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Inject.Win32.63693
2.0.0.2005

File size:
1.9 MB (1,987,880 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Express Install

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TINY INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
6/3/2014 5:59:59 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:
10/22/2013 8:52:55 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:ETBjN8AlPVFI3HrBLX8DzMwu4uOpYCWrc1RlwUy3vF:IN8AlPVFqNLs0F4uOpNR7+

Entry address:
0x362E5

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, 5B, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, F8, EA, 5D, 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, 54, D7, 5D, 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:
7.1910

Code size:
392.5 KB (401,920 bytes)

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