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itunes_setup.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application itunes_setup.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 20 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Apple's iTunes but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Premium Installer  (signed and verified)

MD5:
262f961c10bc36746e8e8c49bb45f0f0

SHA-1:
7d3f457b21fc7a8ace1a4ced1b41ffda13080b36

SHA-256:
d788ebabb034cbabdbd6548b68945270bffb85f364eb850fd1ca6059a3a5e822

Scanner detections:
20 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer 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:
4/28/2024 4:50:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Adware/Win32.IBryte
14.05.01

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.146.118

avast!
Win32:Installer-K [PUP]
2014.9-140501

AVG
Generic5
2015.0.3488

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
18194

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.1456
9.0.1.0121

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.K.gen (variant)
8.9744

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
5/1/2014

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3935

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.IBryte
v2014.05.01.01

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cssqfh
0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
14.05.01.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.PremiumInstaller.M
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.9
23.00.65.14429

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
BScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
28740

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.577
2.0.0.1774

File size:
1 MB (1,074,840 bytes)

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

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

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Premium Installer

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

Valid to:
8/2/2014 6:59:59 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:
9/3/2013 1:33:35 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:IB8+mu4DXEz/XVsR0FJc78OhJBgRPflYm8CcP2FRGmbl+aoNtrI:IOgWe+EYmEaoNO

Entry address:
0x461C

Entry point:
E8, 7B, 2F, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 54, C2, 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, C0, 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:
6.8466

Code size:
106 KB (108,544 bytes)

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