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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 15 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:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
7ec9b9b4690ac9fc9c96d57509549a33

SHA-1:
6808ce36d238f18cdb2a003d4b7fa4ff54302998

SHA-256:
b8ba3e7fb5bdf6f530503a1e836fc199b9dbbc0ab123f50916ec9a0f7090a914

Scanner detections:
15 / 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:
5/14/2024 6:42:22 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.174.250

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
140908-2

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.AQR
2014.0.4025

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19634

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34079
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BI application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-56aa2efc
v6.4.7.1.166

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Adware
13.183.13504

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.27.05

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dfhpyf
0.28.2.62286

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.SafeDown.N
14.9.27.16

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1861
2.0.0.1935

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)

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Safe Down

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 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 5:30:22 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:0tb4ErT0l5O+hYwQhw6ogyNiiNqHplNNMZxGZgwi86EnO1Ym91Csg:0iFrY/3NMZxGZgSO1vC1

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:
6.2185

Code size:
39.5 KB (40,448 bytes)

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

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=wTRILVTN8O0PK2LEGRJAUT92&dlink=http://secure.6-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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