home

player-chrome.exe

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 36 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:
Fusion Install   (signed by FUSION INSTALL)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
ad52a67a94985345af24e10e71d691fe

SHA-1:
8f5a5b790758ab1271988046b0a24396191c2203

SHA-256:
fbe40693853b25c2d2d900803c96862262e07da140d07090189187de98cc5275

Scanner detections:
36 / 68

Status:
Adware

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

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:
5/7/2024 1:22:56 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
911

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
Trojan/Win32.Buzus
2014.02.09

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.141.146

avast!
Win32:IBryte-CF [PUP]
2014.9-140418

AVG
Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3500

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.1488

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
1.0.20.1100

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

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.QK
18055

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2183
9.0.1.0108

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
8.14.08.08.03

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte (variant)
8.9639

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
8/8/2014

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

G Data
Win32.Application.OptimumInstaller
14.8.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of player-firefox.exe (Adware)
2014.7.7.12

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.AdWare
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.176.11784

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3995

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.04.18.11

McAfee
Artemis!2DA27C0F7D24
5600.7045

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Graftor.128117
15.0.0.660

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.ctwcbx
0.28.0.58873

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.555816
14.04.18.01

Panda Antivirus
PUP/iBryte
14.04.18.11

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALL.N
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:PUF.PremiumInstaller!1.9F73
23.00.65.14416

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware
Adware.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10657

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.XGSDMHC
37.0.10841

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0221
7.2.220

Vba32 AntiVirus
suspected of Trojan.Downloader.gen.h
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
28068

Zillya! Antivirus
Downloader.Agent.Win32.185015
2.0.0.1774

File size:
545.8 KB (558,888 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:
2/22/2014 7:30:46 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:xbKw+hW/nmbD72L2146gN+8S/8xGhvI8MOZp3Z:UX72L21s7kthw8MO7Z

Entry address:
0x3CE88

Entry point:
E8, AA, 6C, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 00, 9E, 47, 00, E8, CA, 09, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, F8, 42, 48, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, AD, 6E, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 0F, 7C, 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, 90, 6D, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 54, 2F, 48, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, E1, 61, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 09, 60, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, 94, 1F, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
[+]

Entropy:
6.4398

Code size:
408.5 KB (418,304 bytes)

Remove player-chrome.exe - Powered by Reason Core Security
herdProtect is a second line of defense malware removal platform powered by 68 anti-malware engines in the cloud. Since no single anti-malware program is perfect 100% of the time, herdProtect utilizes a 'herd' of multiple engines to guarantee the widest coverage and the earliest possible detection.