mbam-2-00-0-0503-rar.exe

INSTALL DOT EXE

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application mbam-2-00-0-0503-rar.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL DOT EXE 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. With this installer, users are expecting to download the free version of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by INSTALL DOT EXE)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
e842e7f486463d521d00c4159a7f45f5

SHA-1:
83ac8908528f14e1f377a9995ea82ae2becae395

SHA-256:
dbde8121ef92d4bda8a24da10a80af5dbd99e454f0f304630347c7358278042f

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 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:
4/24/2024 7:07:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLDOTEXE.U
14.8.8.3

File size:
546.3 KB (559,400 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\mbam-2-00-0-0503-rar.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL DOT EXE, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL DOT EXE, L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, 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:
4C8303B332693FCF64E1E7DFD7841493

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2014 11:28:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:to86cEdVcPjLW4n/X2xrZIck1MNLUms/2Dmv1q+g/RwIYGSk/NJnXfsbUhpqsc7n:SqW4n/X25k+ldXfsbUTqsc7NFb

Entry address:
0x3D008

Entry point:
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Code size:
409 KB (418,816 bytes)

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