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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 27 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:

ef21ce0b86756420f09e9cc88a8289e4

SHA-1:

65ad91b26bfb5f713811f003618b66da41bc3308

SHA-256:

01e0b8e39ccd3e9847680e3e66f31a5b412bd2570de3caa1b605a06569490977

Scanner detections:

27 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

4/25/2024 10:19:05 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

354

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

16.02.15

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.148.214

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DB [PUP]

2014.9-160215

AVG

Adware AdPlugin

2017.0.2832

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.230

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.IBryte.X

18402

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26508

9.0.1.046

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AF application

10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2016-15-02_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.iBryte

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.178.12257

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Badur

14.0.0.657

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2016.02.15.02

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

17.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk

0.28.0.59921

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

16.02.15.02

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge.WARPINSTALLER.Installer (M)

16.2.15.14

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B

23.00.65.16213

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4778314

29800

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.915

2.0.0.1809

File size:

245.3 KB (251,176 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 3:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 2:59:59 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:

5/7/2014 7:57:41 AM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:oZgfCWGnsa7lYw+O+rRHYAtJcLYbFK01owRA/DxJi5wTp231cL+ZW5t2peb:ygaWmlYE+rxYvCZmwRA/DTCOL+c2peb

Entry address:

0x10612

Entry point:

E8, 95, 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, 7C, E2, 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, E0, 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:

6.3767

Code size:

179 KB (183,296 bytes)

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

http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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