player-chrome.exe

System Applet

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by System Applet has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. This program installs potentially unwanted software on your PC at the same time as the software you are trying to install, without adequate consent. 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by System Applet)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
87bd62297f39588788316cf2fe6cc5a3

SHA-1:
10abe8f2ce080661c2006846e5dad324ddf54dab

SHA-256:
de8e61370677cf899080c87e462d6ea14a2c8e45a453d7dc4cff842f40da33a8

Scanner detections:
38 / 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:
4/28/2024 10:43:05 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
15.04.09

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.147.26

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-150409

AVG
Adware Generic_s.CE
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.1549

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6902
0.98/20300

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18308

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.27347
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AL application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.2238381
4/9/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
15.4.24

IKARUS anti.virus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.2219

Malwarebytes
v2015.04.09.06

McAfee
GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C
5600.6801

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk
0.28.0.59921

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.R
14.07.15.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
15.04.09.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.4.9.2

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.15407

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9946

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
225.4 KB (230,776 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=System Applet, O=System Applet, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
18FCD6B5EEB5AEC66D0222B5CA1850D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/12/2014 1:00:24 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:vWROSKY6XPeFUVDLoVknF1MXnByKYhJigtSDXj5OVj7z5Mvpo7m:L1lPeSV/oOF1MXlayvpo7m

Entry address:
0x116B7

Entry point:
E8, 20, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, 93, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 40, 90, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63...
 
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Entropy:
6.3698

Code size:
158 KB (161,792 bytes)

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