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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Liquidbuild has been detected as adware by 40 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. With this installer, users are expecting to download Google's Chrome web browser but before that occurs they may be presented with additional offers, mostly potentially unwanted software or adware.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by Liquidbuild)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
90f00a7f5f6b0cedd6a75935898b127f

SHA-1:
112232ff8a2e849d586a0c3c38b77ae8ab09f69e

SHA-256:
39ba651555a041cb6320c63f09e122753a439366cce40901576203ec873335cf

Scanner detections:
40 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
5/3/2024 8:59:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.158022
834

Agnitum Outpost
Riskware.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.10.03

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.A.4899
7.11.176.142

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141023-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3312

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.141023

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Graftor.158022
1.0.20.1480

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-5287
0.98/19501

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19699

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoad3.34751
9.0.1.0296

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Graftor.158022
8.14.10.23.12

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BH application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Malware_fam.NB
10/23/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-f643caea
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Graftor.158022
11.2014-23-10_5

G Data
Gen:Variant.Graftor.158022
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan-Clicker.BFNI
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13584

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.Ibryte
v2014.10.23.12

McAfee
Artemis!0FF2B0F7AD04
5600.6968

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Graftor.158022
15.0.0.888

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoad3.dfwgta
0.28.2.62440

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20141023

nProtect
Trojan.GenericKD.1618449
14.04.10.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.23.12

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Trojan.Dropper.c9f
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Liquidbuild.N
14.10.23.12

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.141021

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10282

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.WHYEFHC
37.0.11219

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.296

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.23

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
33650

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.2546
2.0.0.1951

File size:
141.9 KB (145,272 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:
Liquidbuild

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
7/15/2014 9:00:00 PM

Valid to:
7/16/2015 8:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Liquidbuild, O=Liquidbuild, 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:
008FC3C0F7127DA5163CC077AE5035B2ED

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
10/22/2014 2:00:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/uiQwDRUGMcDJogkOBdwv6zO46+vSuDv+SO121z:WDw8cZ9RO4vhv+SO1ez

Entry address:
0x16EFB

Entry point:
E8, C2, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 20, 92, 41, 00, 68, 65, 6F, 41, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, E0, 41, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75, 08, 68, AC, 6A, 41, 00...
 
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Code size:
95 KB (97,280 bytes)

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