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FUSION INSTALL

The Fusion Installer, which is a variant of Adknowledge's download manager bundles a number of ad-supported offerings in the installer. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by FUSION INSTALL has been detected as adware by 38 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. According to AVG, this software downloads additional adware offers during setup.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
b0b55995f788ac7bbf4cdcada411d90c

SHA-1:
6cb2dd781280f56f803a756035baa3cd1a844c31

SHA-256:
b2da3322eef7715d79ee27b95e9d4c4ff8fb4824172800647d9951c1027d222f

Scanner detections:
38 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
This setup/installer bundles various adware components (toolbars, coupon extensions, ad-supported extensions and utility offers).

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:
4/20/2024 7:52:09 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
354

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.137.120

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-160215

AVG
Potentially harmful program Downloader
2017.0.2832

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.16215

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
1.0.20.230

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-271
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.QK
17943

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2203
9.0.1.046

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
8.16.02.15.05

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Q application
10.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
2/15/2016

F-Prot
W32/DomaIQ.G.gen
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Generic.593289
11.2016-15-02_2

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
16.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11784

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.656

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2016.02.15.05

McAfee
Artemis!2DA27C0F7D24
5600.6488

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
17.0.0.138

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.ctwcbx
0.28.0.58394

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.04.18.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
16.02.15.05

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
2.16.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.FUSIONINSTALL.Installer (M)
16.2.15.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14B5
23.00.65.16213

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
9322

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.XGSDMHC
37.0.10841

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0221
7.2.46

Trend Micro
TROJ_BUZUS_DD30051C.UVPA
10.465.15

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
27078

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.185015
2.0.0.1774

File size:
546.3 KB (559,400 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

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 INSTALL

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=FUSION INSTALL, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=FUSION INSTALL, 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:
3615E290FD8B112928257EE3CD74B519

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/18/2014 2:28:16 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:Mo86cEdVcPjLW4n/X2xrZIck1MNLUms/2Dmv1q+g/RwIYGSk/NJnXfsbUhpqsc72:xqW4n/X25k+ldXfsbUTqsc7NMf

Entry address:
0x3D008

Entry point:
E8, C7, 60, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, A8, 9D, 47, 00, E8, CA, 09, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 18, 43, 48, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, CA, 62, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 2C, 70, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, D6, 09, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, AD, 61, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 74, 2F, 48, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, 02, 56, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 2A, 54, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 44, 21, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
6.4404

Code size:
409 KB (418,816 bytes)

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