mediaplayer__8491_il149.exe

Install Path Ltd

This is the Amonetize download manager which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application mediaplayer__8491_il149.exe by Install Path 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 Amonetize Downloader installer. The setup program bundles adware offers using the Amonetize, a Pay-Per-Install (PPI) monetization and distribution download manager. The software offerings provided are based on the PC's geo-location at the time of install.
Publisher:
Install Path Ltd  (signed and verified)

Version:
1.1.5.90

MD5:
b6f0379d340f87384f62844f3d1037c7

SHA-1:
2e96f3cb561330b3a1c8a82238848513a6d3ba8e

SHA-256:
1e9274c9eb0dc44edacc4aba30f20ee14b9af79f791bc818945a65986fbc7216

Scanner detections:
1 / 68

Status:
Adware

Note:
Our current pool of anti-malware engines have not currently detected this file, however based on our own detection heuristics we feel that this file is unwanted.

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:
6/1/2024 10:18:52 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Amonetize (M)
17.3.13.3

File size:
639.6 KB (654,952 bytes)

Product version:
1.1.5.90

Original file name:
setup.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Amonetize Downloader

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\appdata\roaming\dat\mediaplayer__8491_il149.exe

Digital Signature
Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
1/20/2015 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:
1/21/2016 12:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=Install Path Ltd, OU=Install Path Ltd, O=Install Path Ltd, POBox=5252006, STREET=5 Jabotinsky, L=Ramat Gan, S=Israel, PostalCode=5252006, C=IL

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

Serial number:
2E1A17FA8AA2A44E9135D585D48E6C41

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
1/29/2015 4:40:05 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

Entry address:
0xDEB8

Entry point:
E8, C1, 4A, 00, 00, E9, 89, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, EC, 1E, 38, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 9F, 34, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, E9, 32, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, F0, F8, FF, FF, 59, 59, 8B, 45, 08, 85, C0, 75, 01, 40, 50, 6A, 00, FF, 35, EC, 1E, 38, 00, FF, 15, 9C, 70, 37, 00, 5D, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 53, 8B, 5D, 08, 83, FB, E0, 77, 6F, 56, 57, 83, 3D, EC, 1E, 38, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 55, 34, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 9F, 32, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, A6, F8, FF, FF, 59, 59, 85, DB, 74, 04, 8B, C3...
 
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Entropy:
7.5895

Code size:
148.5 KB (152,064 bytes)

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