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FUSION INSTALLER

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by FUSION INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 35 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 FUSION INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
3eae556fb19ec91c2b3f7eab82ae052a

SHA-1:
61c888f56960c768e6ebb6c6137021eaad27a925

SHA-256:
12a27e61192edb4fe4cbd47a6049a4a64343979a00bac64a44a73809a6936e09

Scanner detections:
35 / 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:
4/26/2024 4:26:06 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
5826990

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2014.06.02

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OptInstall.zaxz
7.11.153.72

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DB [PUP]
2014.9-141122

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.PZ
2014.0.4189

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
1.0.20.1630

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6884
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18308

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.27625
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
9.0.0.4570

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AM application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/Generic.AC.2238381
11/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-11_7

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
14.11.24

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.InstallBundler
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.178.12257

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

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.11.22.07

McAfee
Generic-FAIN!AD81F02F91A3
5600.6938

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
15.0.0.978

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk
0.28.0.59921

Norman
Downloader
11.20141122

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.U
14.06.18.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
14.11.22.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
11.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALLER.N
14.11.22.19

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B
23.00.65.141120

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10221

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.942
2.0.0.1860

File size:
226.8 KB (232,232 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 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:
FUSION INSTALLER

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/4/2013 2:00:00 AM

Valid to:
9/21/2014 1:59:59 AM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION 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:
21DB9738D9B500E3DAF0570B5DA9E8B9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
6/14/2014 7:00:14 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:1N4OZk4+ninqq4xAByKY0JiMtYdXf5OCts5MXpk+:P7W41qq4qszXpk+

Entry address:
0x11DE7

Entry point:
E8, 20, 9D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 74, 93, 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, 40, 90, 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:
160 KB (163,840 bytes)

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