player-chrome.exe

Click Accept

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Click Accept has been detected as adware by 23 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 Click Accept)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
697dc2f23f7bb815a72257121d9133d6

SHA-1:
899ff041b911637644f921db2a152121a31a7c3a

SHA-256:
f5a68c5b8e2fa27fdb7184d26e7c0020aa1594fb0b90c0523ca4e6f7cb1716c5

Scanner detections:
23 / 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:
5/17/2024 6:08:28 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.173.16

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
141003-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.AHE
2014.0.4040

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-4578
0.98/19449

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19546

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.32333
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BF application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
10/14/2014

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

G Data
Win32.Adware.IBryte
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.10.14.10

McAfee
Agent-FFF!1F2C16195219
5600.6977

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.devqwb
0.28.2.62151

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.ClickAccept.N
14.10.14.22

Sophos
iBryte Premium Installer
4.98

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.ABXUYLB
37.0.11226

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1811
2.0.0.1926

File size:
78.9 KB (80,760 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:
3/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Click Accept, O=Click Accept, 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:
00A859045D8B63E183E2D539A00354DC59

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/11/2014 5:15:17 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:tDrApYDgGlhsz7P59U1c97d8N7xOtxmTsZEzQi:RApYDgGnC7P5q249OtJG5

Entry address:
0x8DC1

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, A4, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, A0, B1, 40, 00, 68, 31, 8E, 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:
6.2066

Code size:
37.5 KB (38,400 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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