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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Safe Down has been detected as adware by 31 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
a95b934251f3b1214a4bef532cdac61e

SHA-1:
483dec107c7363a1177a34ed8b652b7d66571582

SHA-256:
0a65e85bf8bd10301709c09beb277cd21382b3311be9974b1a3e2b3af265026b

Scanner detections:
31 / 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:
4/25/2024 8:41:04 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
6285923

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.09.15

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxng
7.11.171.180

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
150101-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.AKV
2014.0.4253

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
1.0.20.35

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-5912
0.98/19889

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19489

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34079
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BJ application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
1/7/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-34fffba4
v6.4.7.1.166

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

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2015.01.07.02

McAfee
Agent-FFF!900C2C5AE619
5600.6893

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
16.0.0.21

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.desauy
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.83312.E
14.10.01.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SafeDown.N
15.1.7.1

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.09

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.122156
2.0.0.1929

File size:
81.4 KB (83,312 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) Premium Installer

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:
Safe Down

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Safe Down, O=Safe Down, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", 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:
00FA71459C161D5D538F7612ACFBFBB680

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/18/2014 3:30:17 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:99b2EH30p5q+hYwch0msNWp+WAHKE/2e1MpRgwwy86mNrWO1EmQqb8Jt:9AVjYrep1MpRLbO1N8D

Entry address:
0x9721

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, AC, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, A8, B1, 40, 00, 68, 91, 97, 40, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, F0, 40, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.2264

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

https://install.oinstaller5.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

http://secure.6-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

http://superquickdownloads.com/track/install?adprovider=marmarfc2&source=vuulom15sep&_al=1&_cb=1&cpixel=http://PartnerPixel-702897885.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/Installer/Conversion?adProvider={adprovider}&source={source}&context=wQJK3HVV2DFJK2LEGNRGTK98&dlink=http://secure.6-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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