player-chrome.exe

Safe Down

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 32 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.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by Safe Down)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
ab7b6ff6342d1328465da3b84d67e5ae

SHA-1:
7cde8c10cd4810854da611609c63f4f4ac5c5f93

SHA-256:
c45a95b2c4229368f3a124d356b1f0fe85c312e55119e9502c6567827c4f77f9

Scanner detections:
32 / 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:
5/14/2024 4:18:59 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
464

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.09.15

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxng
7.11.171.180

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-151028

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2016.0.2942

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
1.0.20.1505

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Trojan.Buzus-19998
0.98/20175

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19489

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.34255
9.0.1.0301

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
8.15.10.28.01

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BJ application
9.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
10/28/2015

F-Prot
W32/A-34fffba4
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2015-28-10_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
15.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.1207

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2015.10.28.01

McAfee
Trojan.IBryte-FFF!B41F07BC92DA
5600.6598

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
16.0.0.903

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.desauy
0.28.2.61942

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
11.20151028

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.83312.E
14.10.01.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
10.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Adknowledge.SafeDown.Bundler (M)
15.10.28.13

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.11

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Trojan.Buzus.Win32.122156
2.0.0.1929

File size:
82.4 KB (84,336 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)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\player-chrome.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:

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:
9/19/2014 4:30:22 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:H7sWQJe4w6UjqPtrM7e8W1j2OV0mtz4j3J:wfw4BtrMo1j2OVF4V

Entry address:
0x9B51

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, AC, C1, 40, 00, FF, 25, A8, C1, 40, 00, 68, C1, 9B, 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, 00, 41, 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:
6.2107

Code size:
40.5 KB (41,472 bytes)

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