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player-chrome.exe

WARP INSTALLER

The software uses a vraiant of the Adknowledge Optimum Installer to bundle additional offers in the setup routine including adware toolbars and extensions. This installer itself is just a download manager designed to present such offers (with minimal notice). The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 29 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.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

3431d0794847d1e3974e7c94abda658e

SHA-1:

9c7adf62aeff2fc3cfc4c37f773107fdbd7f30c0

SHA-256:

81117f99f1bca2f0ddba59b0032183ae85298fe9c280ef3d718f369630160820

Scanner detections:

29 / 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:

4/28/2024 11:33:49 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

879

Agnitum Outpost

Trojan.Packed

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

2014.09.09

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DB [PUP]

140813-1

AVG

Adware AdPlugin.KO

2014.0.4015

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1255

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Agent-7690

0.98/19343

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.IBryte.X

19456

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28561

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AK application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-08-09_2

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.9.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.AdPlugin

t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.183.13305

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.08.12

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!3431D0794847

5600.7013

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.753

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk

0.28.2.61942

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.08.12

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.S

14.9.8.11

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B

23.00.65.14906

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant

10372

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4778314

32210

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.912

2.0.0.1915

File size:

217.8 KB (223,016 bytes)

Product version:

2.4.8.1

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:

WARP INSTALLER

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

CN=WARP INSTALLER, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=WARP INSTALLER, 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:

2073183E3CAF3D7A109497C973C378FF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/17/2014 5:00:15 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:J5j/7S6ysYTjFUgC148iFCgJiRGFvDFw287e5dXpnV:vj/7HpgRUgy7x6XpnV

Entry address:

0xF247

Entry point:

E8, 30, 53, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 44, 82, 42, 00, 8D, 7D, E0, F3, A5, 89, 45, F8, 8B, 45, 0C, 5F, 89, 45, FC, 5E, 85, C0, 74, 0C, F6, 00, 08, 74, 07, C7, 45, F4, 00, 40, 99, 01, 8D, 45, F4, 50, FF, 75, F0, FF, 75, E4, FF, 75, E0, FF, 15, 38, 80, 42, 00, C9, C2, 08, 00, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 51, 53, 8B, 45, 0C, 83, C0, 0C, 89, 45, FC, 64, 8B, 1D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 03, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, 08, 8B, 5D, 0C, 8B, 6D, FC, 8B, 63... 
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Entropy:

6.3770

Code size:

153.5 KB (157,184 bytes)

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