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google_chrome_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 google_chrome_setup.exe, “Express Install ” by TINY 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Express Install   (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
Express Install

Description:
Express Install

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
ca82f0bc77f6cb5eac0e0e90cf8eb18b

SHA-1:
cd8cc6988f93878b3e2c7130ec3e2d4b36dddbb3

SHA-256:
18bfdc41d6ed88c76676dacaa12d7bbcd791ed454c3d42d044f27b511bd0d5ee

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager bundles various adware components.

Description:
This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
4/23/2024 11:05:55 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.TINYINSTALLER.Installer (M)
16.3.6.20

File size:
1.8 MB (1,865,000 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\google_chrome_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:
11/6/2013 8:23:12 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:4jOv57jVL6Jgc2y2n5BAvU6+pAUX/xJaRZ2:2K57t6Jglvn5BNFuI/

Entry address:
0x36255

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 78, 4C, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, D8, FE, 5B, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 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, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 34, EB, 5B, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.1632

Code size:
392 KB (401,408 bytes)

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

http://downloader.browsersinfo.com/download.php?id=a3f63076cf388e943037f191ab119a388b7f218d&z=1&p=eyJweSI6ImJpIiwicnMiOiJiaW5nIiwicnQiOiJzZWFyY2giLCJjIjoidXMiLCJvIjoid2luNyIsImIiOiJjaDMwIiwidV9pZCI6ImJpXzUyN2I4NDM2MzM3MzQ2LjI2NjI4ODU3IiwicGFfaWQiOiIxIiwic3RfaWQiOiIwIiwic3BfaWQiOiIwMDAwLTAwMDAiLCJ0cyI6MTM4MzgyNjQ4Niwia3ciOiJnb29nbGUgY2hyb21lIiwiY3UiOiJnb29nbGUgY2hyb21lIiwiY2EiOm51bGx9

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