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maps.exe

Premium Installer

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application maps.exe by Premium Installer has been detected as adware by 30 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from secure.oinstaller4.com.
Publisher:
ExpressInstaller  (signed by Premium Installer)

Product:
ExpressInstaller

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
8947d58812c36ea72106cbb2f58e9b8c

SHA-1:
b3ecd47194e7a944f653af3031415d50e7b05385

SHA-256:
389d7b44b95780c1f4afa0311b566b32448c87a7b870314d1e9fc55e12ae9995

Scanner detections:
30 / 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:
4/26/2024 8:59:42 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
5575765

Agnitum Outpost
Adware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2015.05.29

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
8.3.1.6

avast!
Win32:Installer-K [PUP]
150525-2

AVG
Adware AdInstaller.ExpressInstall
2014.0.4311

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
1.0.20.740

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.M
22258

Dr.Web
Trojan.iBryte.539
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
10.0.0.5366

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

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
5/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/S-2c673f40
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif
5.14.151

G Data
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
15.5.25

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.9.2.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.204.16062

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2015.05.28.05

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Jatif.89
16.0.0.444

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cqiqwb
0.30.24.1636

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.1714840
15.05.28.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/MultiToolbar.A
15.05.28.05

Quick Heal
PUA.iBryte.DC4
5.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.Bundler
15.5.28.13

Rising Antivirus
PE:AdWare.Win32.Fednu.ei!1075354757
23.00.65.15526

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.14

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
40552

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.597
2.0.0.2193

File size:
1.6 MB (1,714,840 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:\Documents and Settings\{user}\My documents\downloads\maps.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:
9/18/2013 3:06:05 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:ZBEicqUW8F1dK5w4NzAbxFcqUW8AmcqeT7nW8mcqUW83/h8M:0TW8FL32AFIW8+nW8vW8vJ

Entry address:
0x414C

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, 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:
7.0299

Code size:
105 KB (107,520 bytes)

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

http://secure.oinstaller4.com/o/.../Maps.exe

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