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FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 41 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 FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
8c1c98351add2382f5a2cb7e96cc302f

SHA-1:
1c2c8eb329a97bc2a803264bd00349af465d4263

SHA-256:
b8064bdf68990174b30806b726bb73014f2a5097d9d6a65ad9e0cc6c72fb5835

Scanner detections:
41 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

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:
5/1/2024 5:21:29 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.3
5693959

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxjr
7.11.141.184

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DR [PUP]
150319-1

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic.AVZ
2014.0.4311

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.15411

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
1.0.20.505

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7183
0.98/20310

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.IBryte.S
17991

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2216
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.T application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
4/11/2015

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

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

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
15.4.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of updater_setup.exe (Adware)
2015.7.14.10

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11684

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.2205

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2015.04.11.09

McAfee
Artemis!5ED8A836FCB6
5600.6798

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
16.0.0.303

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cuifvl
0.28.0.58491

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

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.05.16.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
15.04.11.09

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
4.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Adknowledge
15.4.11.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14B5
23.00.65.15409

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9941

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.XGSDMHC
37.0.10943

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0221
7.2.101

Trend Micro
TROJ_BUZUS_DD30051C.UVPA
10.465.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Generic
27274

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.776
2.0.0.1791

File size:
216.3 KB (221,480 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:
FUSION INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, 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:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
3/4/2014 4:44:40 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:/tEcZ9oIAJiqD2xNKDVF3jAO/Xuc7UKKQsc7+aM56ip1S:lxZqD7hEO/uhgsc7+aHip1S

Entry address:
0xD46B

Entry point:
E8, CC, 47, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, A4, 82, 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, 5C, 80, 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:
6.3919

Code size:
152.5 KB (156,160 bytes)

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