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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application installer.exe, “Prime Installer ” by Seekinstall 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 file has been seen being downloaded from secure.10-pn-installer.com.
Publisher:
Prime Installer   (signed by Seekinstall)

Product:
Prime Installer

Description:
Prime Installer

Version:
3.5.9.2

MD5:
7f5d8dbb199bcc64b46a7bb178b5df68

SHA-1:
97c7382da90132ff2fa1f3f1fae1e71c460fccde

SHA-256:
9953200034a481aa08b3324ee4e9235840d86ef8af55cc8c2968d2432df3ecc5

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 an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:
4/16/2024 5:15:01 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Seekinstall.Installer (M)
15.7.15.17

File size:
1.7 MB (1,746,288 bytes)

Product version:
3.5.9.2

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Prime Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Seekinstall

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/16/2014 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
7/17/2015 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Seekinstall, O=Seekinstall, STREET=4600 Madison Ave FL 10, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
70B94B44C11D94075538EA52D3EF3696

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/24/2015 6:39:00 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:TwY29FeXW6pBjMkb08EDJ7POOMlbpZ3d5UK3dvPNJl36d3SLAToYssJRX:1wkb0hVIossrX

Entry address:
0xA915

Entry point:
E8, 12, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, 8B, 00, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 03, 33, C0, C3, E9, 91, 05, 00, 00, 6A, 14, 68, 20, 01, 41, 00, E8, DB, 01, 00, 00, 83, 65, FC, 00, FF, 4D, 10, 78, 3A, 8B, 4D, 08, 2B, 4D, 0C, 89, 4D, 08, FF, 55, 14, EB, ED, 8B, 45, EC, 89, 45, E4, 8B, 45, E4, 8B, 00, 89, 45, E0, 8B, 45, E0, 81, 38, 63, 73, 6D, E0, 74, 0B, C7, 45, DC, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, DC, C3, E8, 45, 05, 00, 00, 8B, 65, E8, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, D1, 01, 00, 00, C2, 10, 00, 6A, 0C, 68, 40, 01, 41...
 
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Entropy:
6.7285

Code size:
46 KB (47,104 bytes)

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

http://secure.10-pn-installer.com/o/.../installer.exe

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