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mplayer_setup.exe

TINY INSTALLER

Tiny Installer is a download manager variant from Adknowledge that packages various adware-type offers (toolbar, coupon extensions, utilities) with software distributions. The application mplayer_setup.exe by TINY INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 19 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from xads.zedo.com.
Publisher:
ExpressInstaller  (signed by TINY INSTALLER)

Product:
ExpressInstaller

Version:
3, 7, 1, 0

MD5:
f2bcb9925798ea09b4efbcae95917dc3

SHA-1:
b8983735f284e7048845b6325883896e8eedaad7

SHA-256:
800ce882c51ce1d59e813d5c57232e891378a8f0478726322817c26b2fd219ca

Scanner detections:
19 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
The Tiny Installer download manager 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:
4/19/2024 8:53:35 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
Trojan.Buzus
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
16.01.12

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.145.68

avast!
Win32:IBryte-BY [PUP]
2014.9-160112

AVG
MalSign.TINY INSTALLER
2017.0.2867

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.Adware.iBryte.BAA
18166

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.24816
9.0.1.012

ESET NOD32
Win32/Kryptik.BLXE (variant)
10.9722

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/PremiumInstaller
1/12/2016

K7 AntiVirus
Trojan
13.176.11888

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.828

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.iBryte
v2016.01.12.10

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cjxrvu
0.28.0.59492

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.TINYINSTALLER.Installer (M)
16.1.12.10

Rising Antivirus
PE:Trojan.Kryptik!6.52D
23.00.65.16110

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Kryptik.blxe
28598

File size:
1.6 MB (1,695,528 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:\users\{user}\downloads\mplayer_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
TINY INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
6/2/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
6/3/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=TINY INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=TINY 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:
54C184C0CB6B6510B3582483FC098463

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/15/2013 7:41:56 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:imhZP2r3/dVqK8NzM9G18C2b4pwviFlf:xZP2r3//qTzZKC2Mpw

Entry address:
0x35FF5

Entry point:
E8, 5E, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, E8, 4B, 47, 00, E8, C1, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 98, 6B, 59, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, 61, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, C3, 9B, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, CD, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, 44, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, F4, 57, 59, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 99, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, C1, 7F, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, D7, 4C, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.0953

Code size:
391.5 KB (400,896 bytes)

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

http://xads.zedo.com/ads2/c?a=1752851;x=2317;g=172;c=2019000256,2019000256;i=1;n=2019;s=215;1=8;2=1;tg=1381868022;vr=2;m=408;w=47;os=3;ct=1;p=6;h=1844701;f=2051721;b=10;u=GKq4sKFFToqN0HOLbRIZgQ**~042313;z=0.5417220888828028;ainfo=;k=http://network.adsmarket.com/.../jWJsmWecqZiIaGqVX8p6w4iQcJ5gnH2ViZBrlWSgfZW3ZW-XYZypmIpkbpdf?dp=1752851&dp2=172&dp3=2019000256&dp4=215

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