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groovestream.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application groovestream.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 24 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer.
Publisher:
ExpressInstaller  (signed by Premium Installer)

Product:
ExpressInstaller

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
dd377c5022194dc30d62cc46a155ab2f

SHA-1:
cbb5c5b6c3d42bb6bb6cd60aeb2fa4ea5e93011e

SHA-256:
551bc1ae4d5b990de36cf95738a2c8640ffb194313db214233d39aba188426d4

Scanner detections:
24 / 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:
4/19/2024 5:41:10 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
2014.11.25

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.jcs.7
7.11.188.128

avast!
Win32:Installer-K [PUP]
141119-1

AVG
Trojan horse Generic35.KER
2014.0.4189

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
20185

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1489, Adware.Downware.1479
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
11/24/2014

F-Prot
W32/Ibryte.F.gen
4.6.5.141

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

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.185.14120

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2014.11.24.03

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.csqtcz
0.28.6.63474

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Inject.1825944
14.11.24.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.11.24.03

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PremiumInstaller.M
14.11.24.14

Rising Antivirus
PE:Adware.iBryte!6.406
23.00.65.141122

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
35088

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.619
2.0.0.1992

File size:
1.7 MB (1,825,944 bytes)

Product version:
3, 7, 1, 0

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 ExpressInstaller

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
7/12/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
8/2/2014 4:59:59 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:
9/24/2013 8:34:04 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:P2ji3PZ7kxYL2Eo3tFBIOpQ9/ot+kX7mSkZsGOAb/K69R9EEofiOm3I:NAxYL2PtvW9wVLwZs969OfiLI

Entry address:
0x3B7C

Entry point:
E8, FB, 35, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 5C, B2, 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, B0, 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:
7.1997

Code size:
103.5 KB (105,984 bytes)

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