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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by SETUP RUN has been detected as adware by 10 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 SETUP RUN)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
af73cedebc94330af74855dd44e0601d

SHA-1:
31b0af635255e695cea0757bb7b8941b19208626

SHA-256:
b4d70e27680fe0b65b61169e5ad073ab6401b61ce7909ab45d5ebd77e68ad5f3

Scanner detections:
10 / 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:
4/23/2024 10:54:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

avast!
Win32:Somoto-N [PUP]
2014.9-160130

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2216
9.0.1.030

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11737

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.Win32.Agent
14.0.0.737

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2016.01.30.04

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.cukphe
0.28.0.59048

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.SETUPRUN.Bundler (M)
16.1.30.16

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9354

File size:
216.3 KB (221,464 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:
SETUP RUN

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

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

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

Subject:
CN=SETUP RUN, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=SETUP RUN, 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:
2C05523ED0912488068E049952C78263

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):
3072:9tEcZ9oIAJiqD2xNKDVF3jAO/Xuc7UKKQsc7+aM56ipLO:/xZqD7hEO/uhgsc7+aHipLO

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:
6.3910

Code size:
152.5 KB (156,160 bytes)

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