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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 30 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.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

2ba19b1917a73b229ed1e5d7395d463e

SHA-1:

2e00277b8dd4cd4bab1c7b871210b2b26f26fe2b

SHA-256:

cc9cbfd1d1824abd8f2550363af7b64e2838b8ea1b02da040cd17f53fea8d179

Scanner detections:

30 / 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:

4/20/2024 1:56:59 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

887

Agnitum Outpost

Trojan.Packed

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

14.09.01

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.148.214

avast!

Win32:IBryte-CX [PUP]

140813-1

AVG

Adware AdPlugin.HQ

2014.0.4015

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1220

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-6745

0.98/19317

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18377

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28561

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.Agent

9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AM application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-01-09_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.AdPlugin

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.178.12257

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.01.03

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!B12606118679

5600.7021

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.732

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk

0.28.0.59921

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.01.03

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.S

14.9.1.3

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B

23.00.65.14830

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4778314

29732

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.912

2.0.0.1806

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:

10/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:

9/21/2014 1:59:59 AM

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 11:00:15 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:bzanxzQOsRjkMeNQeKvYCrYdnKL+cSJiJpTqJlV85NcpdM:3rOsRQMe5KNiPcjsAcpdM

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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Code size:

170.5 KB (174,592 bytes)

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