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flashplayerpro_setup.exe

WARP INSTALLER

The software uses a vraiant of the Adknowledge Optimum Installer to bundle additional offers in the setup routine including adware toolbars and extensions. This installer itself is just a download manager designed to present such offers (with minimal notice). The application flashplayerpro_setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 1 anti-malware scanner with very strong indications that the file is a potential threat. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free Adobe Flash Player but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
99108d56488a3e890f5bf2cd985827b5

SHA-1:
1230fd6569169bf0eae4c7ce59dde3038e0adb80

SHA-256:
2e10b3d1f43c550d1dad7e5e0db09ad7735e09c2295623ad99065d1d75529c47

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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 2:34:58 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge (M)
16.8.1.9

File size:
217.8 KB (223,016 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\flashplayerpro_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
WARP INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=WARP INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WARP INSTALLER, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
2073183E3CAF3D7A109497C973C378FF

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
5/17/2014 5:00:15 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:y5j/7S6ysYTjFUgC148iFCgJiRGFvDFw287e5dXp/a:ej/7HpgRUgy7x6Xp/a

Entry address:
0xF247

Entry point:
E8, 30, 53, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 44, 82, 42, 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, 38, 80, 42, 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:
6.3776

Code size:
153.5 KB (157,184 bytes)

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

http://nym1.ib.adnxs.com/click?MjAMN-wewj-q2rawi3a4P0oMAiuHFuk_qtq2sIt2uD8zMAw37B7CPyNtJO5vkpZCtSNCRMFsIE_nB3hTAAAAAL1pKABNBQAAdgIAAAIAAAAPeNQAH0sGAAAAAQBVU0QAVVNEAKAAWAIaBgAA2KQAAgUAAQIAAJAAiiLxNQAAAAA./cnd=!YAYePgif7N8BEI_w0QYYn5YZIAA./referrer=http://www.hamariweb.com/clickenc=http://downloadsinstant.com/.../flashplayerpro?source=marimedia_lightspark-us-ddl-cpa&creative_id=player &adprovider=marimedia&ce_cid=nym1CLXHiKKUmJuQTxACGKPakfH-zaTLQiIOOTguMjMxLjE5MC4yNTEoATDnj-CbBQ..

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