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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 33 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:

0f1b0a5ff1a1336097bb31f6d459cbdf

SHA-1:

4923b741f6485ba12200c740069f1d697f12481e

SHA-256:

f508a3048d0fc02a50c6c2fbd7d8397ec8ae93b1ae10ddc8cce76a7e244cea53

Scanner detections:

33 / 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:

4/26/2024 2:44:36 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

870

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

2014.05.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.147.82

avast!

Win32:IBryte-CZ [PUP]

2014.9-140917

AVG

AdPlugin

2015.0.3348

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

1.0.20.1300

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Ibryte-208

0.98/19168

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.IBryte.Z

18279

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26508

9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Application.Bundler.Agent

14.09.17

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AA (variant)

8.9805

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.Agent

11.2014-17-09_4

G Data

Win32.Adware.Ibryte

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2014.11.22.16

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.iBryte

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.177.12095

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte

14.0.0.3235

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.17.09

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!9B4786C6F686

5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

15.0.0.780

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Badur.cxnsau

0.28.0.59911

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.17.09

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.N

14.9.17.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Agent!6.175E

23.00.65.14915

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant

10222

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Optimum Installer

29246

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.854

2.0.0.1790

File size:

236.3 KB (241,960 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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 7:59:59 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:

5/12/2014 5:00:14 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:PEey8U4K0SjAKesWg3Xq3Y5718x/vhGfJil9xjmr5NypQM:MeyrhjAKH3Xq+q33GypQM

Entry address:

0xE262

Entry point:

E8, 45, 65, 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 KB (174,080 bytes)

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