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 36 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. 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 System Applet)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
a78682aaf4854750dcf31e759509f894

SHA-1:
1222f748db0aa5e519f9df3e02d72d7a096d62ad

SHA-256:
7457b1df76b60208f5a06c4110a59d98d171ebf9cafe833b9d2677a68b0ec276

Scanner detections:
36 / 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:
4/26/2024 8:49:02 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
827

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
14.10.30

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.147.26

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141025-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.OB
2014.0.4040

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.141030

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
1.0.20.1515

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Agent-747976
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.27045
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AE application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.2238381
10/30/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-30-10_5

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

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

Malwarebytes
v2014.10.30.06

McAfee
GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C
5600.6961

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
15.0.0.909

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz
0.28.0.59608

Norman
Downloader
11.20141030

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.R
14.07.15.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.30.06

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SystemApplet.N
14.10.30.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.141028

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10267

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
226.9 KB (232,312 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:
6/6/2014 1:35:47 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:ECurQM/TnIR+YcLH03XFplgY9vJiueP+XmISH59Zpig:KUi0wU3FRUrZpig

Entry address:
0x10957

Entry point:
E8, 30, 53, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 44, 92, 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, 38, 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:
6.3586

Code size:
159.5 KB (163,328 bytes)

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