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player-chrome.exe

WARP INSTALLER

The software uses a vraiant of the Adknowledge Optimum Installer to bundle additional offers in the setup routine including adware toolbars and extensions. This installer itself is just a download manager designed to present such offers (with minimal notice). The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 27 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.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

8c7c1dee0ae6d1fee7ed08cab2c6985f

SHA-1:

15985ab1da14a5084288147666d41583b6c02cba

SHA-256:

0dcc3f78231b163e819b22a65424d88f33091da6043505bfbb82ef62e2c5e36c

Scanner detections:

27 / 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:

4/23/2024 8:29:29 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

402

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

2014.05.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.147.26

avast!

Win32:IBryte-CY [PUP]

2014.9-151230

AVG

AdPlugin

2016.0.2880

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

1.0.20.1820

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18251

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26508

9.0.1.0364

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AC application

9.7.0.302.0

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.Agent

11.2015-30-12_4

G Data

Win32.Adware.Ibryte

15.12.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.iBryte

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.177.12013

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Badur

14.0.0.894

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2015.12.30.04

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C

5600.6536

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

16.0.0.1092

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz

0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

15.12.30.04

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge.WARPINSTALLER.Installer (M)

15.12.30.4

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B

23.00.65.151228

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4778314

29418

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.854

2.0.0.1790

File size:

236.8 KB (242,472 bytes)

Product version:

2.4.8.1

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:

WARP INSTALLER

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=WARP INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WARP INSTALLER, 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:

2073183E3CAF3D7A109497C973C378FF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/1/2014 4:00:15 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:SzanxzQOsRjkMeNQeKvYCrYdnKL+cSJiJpTqJlV85Ncp8I:6rOsRQMe5KNiPcjsAcp8I

Entry address:

0xE436

Entry point:

E8, F1, 64, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 80, C2, 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, 3C, C0, 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:

6.3764

Code size:

170.5 KB (174,592 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://1.735322.getsecureinstall.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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