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Player-Chrome.exe

File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application Player-Chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 12 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
07d788b67174d7b28c31e5ba1ab31f2e

SHA-1:
0e8a9c818f081ebd67925977e89a1afc4cfd0a33

SHA-256:
81d4dabd2ce4168caad793ed529ae630ec0b1dfb617669287a38eecf5038de27

Scanner detections:
12 / 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:
8/15/2025 9:28:52 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxng
7.11.166.222

avast!
Win32:IBryte-EF [PUP]
2014.9-140813

AVG
AdPlugin
2015.0.3309

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19174

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AX application
8.7.0.302.0

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of Java_Updater_Setup.exe (Adware)
2014.10.27.10

Kaspersky
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
14.0.0.3039

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.08.13.07

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140813

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.27.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.N
14.8.13.19

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
31208

File size:
116.9 KB (119,672 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Adknowledge Fusion

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
8/13/2014 7:49:20 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:mmYL6wJoaCztiemKeV3DBBSfOn/wHcW8OQ7F0PjdE27z5euVL:mmYLro3seLeTyOno8WEZKjd75euV

Entry address:
0x613D

Entry point:
E8, 46, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 08, B2, 40, 00, 89, 0D, 04, B2, 40, 00, 89, 15, 00, B2, 40, 00, 89, 1D, FC, B1, 40, 00, 89, 35, F8, B1, 40, 00, 89, 3D, F4, B1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 20, B2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 14, B2, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, F0, B1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 05, EC, B1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 25, E8, B1, 40, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, E4, B1, 40, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 18, B2, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 0C, B2, 40, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 10, B2, 40, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 1C, B2, 40...
 
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Entropy:
5.2764

Code size:
24.5 KB (25,088 bytes)

The file Player-Chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://easysetupinstall.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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