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picasa_setup.exe

INSTALL DOT EXE

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application picasa_setup.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL DOT EXE has been detected as adware by 25 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by INSTALL DOT EXE)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
34d0350e09f927d007fe54e4df08aedb

SHA-1:
7d5c55d2fc4200badf270ac0f0d11681c6cdd1b7

SHA-256:
362a12a464e6ede96cb50fa0fd76364c220b49db08dd97d817303de2858182f8

Scanner detections:
25 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

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:
4/16/2024 12:24:06 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
864

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.09.24

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.141.146

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140923

AVG
Downloader
2015.0.3342

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
1.0.20.1330

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.R
18054

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.25441
9.0.1.0266

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
14.09.23

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte (variant)
8.9639

F-Prot
W32/A-b6581ad9
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-23-09_3

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of freecorder_8_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.12.5.13

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11663

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.09.23.01

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
15.0.0.798

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cssrww
0.28.0.58873

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.23.01

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLDOTEXE.P
14.9.23.11

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.PremiumInstaller!1.9F73
23.00.65.141203

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
28054

File size:
1.6 MB (1,704,232 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\picasa_setup.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
INSTALL DOT EXE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

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:
1/30/2014 11:35:28 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
49152:kxO2Zjt4bJydAxV7n2+tEGxH3sMk0BGB8kLc1lBGBdN8:4Oajt4VydyIm5Xs70gr8Bd

Entry address:
0x378A5

Entry point:
E8, BE, 8C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, C8, 6C, 47, 00, E8, C5, 35, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 58, A8, 59, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, C1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 23, 9C, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D1, 35, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A4, 8D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, B4, 94, 59, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F9, 81, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 21, 80, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 37, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
7.1042

Code size:
398 KB (407,552 bytes)

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