player-chrome.exe

Build Input

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by Build Input has been detected as adware by 39 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by Build Input)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
cb7d0d077d37b6a6631eee378020c6e3

SHA-1:
6f461e76e875582d8e07d36b884f218861f89e44

SHA-256:
e1c09445891af541e17e1cb3dca2d29b988dd390bfb0ddb0455e14d3e48f2564

Scanner detections:
39 / 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:
4/30/2024 2:36:40 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
883

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
14.09.04

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.147.26

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
140813-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.ADX
2014.0.4015

Baidu Antivirus
Trojan.Win32.Clikug
4.0.3.1494

Bitdefender
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
1.0.20.1235

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-592
0.98/19086

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18251

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30437
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.145314
8.14.09.04.08

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AR application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Zbot.AAN!tr
9/4/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Application.Bundler.Agent
11.2014-04-09_5

G Data
Win32.Adware.Ibryte
14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.177.12013

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:Downloader.NSIS.Agent
14.0.0.3301

Malwarebytes
v2014.09.04.08

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!2BDA97A3EE62
5600.7017

Microsoft Security Essentials
TrojanClicker:Win32/Clikug.A
1.10401

MicroWorld eScan
Application.Bundler.Agent.B
15.0.0.741

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz
0.28.0.59608

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140904

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.Y
14.08.13.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.04.08

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.BuildInput.N
14.9.4.20

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B
23.00.65.14902

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10379

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
7.2.247

Trend Micro
TROJ_CLIKUG.A
10.465.04

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.854
2.0.0.1790

File size:
248.4 KB (254,328 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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Build Input, O=Build Input, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
0093C151407610A7B56F799C03CB8D955D

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/2/2014 3:00:18 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:iA22tXtxE6cXKWgQ0Oa6mEDke4HJViL/z37Fj7N1B39wGslsRI:iAZtxAXvBTDkbJqL3J7HgGsII

Entry address:
0x12B13

Entry point:
E8, BA, 05, 00, 00, E9, D7, FC, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 81, EC, 28, 03, 00, 00, A3, 18, 82, 41, 00, 89, 0D, 14, 82, 41, 00, 89, 15, 10, 82, 41, 00, 89, 1D, 0C, 82, 41, 00, 89, 35, 08, 82, 41, 00, 89, 3D, 04, 82, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 15, 30, 82, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 0D, 24, 82, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 1D, 00, 82, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 05, FC, 81, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 25, F8, 81, 41, 00, 66, 8C, 2D, F4, 81, 41, 00, 9C, 8F, 05, 28, 82, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 00, A3, 1C, 82, 41, 00, 8B, 45, 04, A3, 20, 82, 41, 00, 8D, 45, 08, A3, 2C, 82, 41...
 
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Entropy:
7.1823

Code size:
76 KB (77,824 bytes)

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