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player-chrome.exe

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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by INSTALL THIS has been detected as adware by 35 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.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by INSTALL THIS)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

50110d74abd7fcc9ac9c7420aa8e1d3e

SHA-1:

a0fe19953d2e9f3897ff4b26dbb00911aab9e5b7

SHA-256:

f1579bd7d400931293b5900b17b2b73ac22639b0fc87d038bbb8b6c2b3b44066

Scanner detections:

35 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:

This 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:

4/27/2024 3:03:09 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.L

920

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.iBryte

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.IBryte

2014.07.29

Avira AntiVirus

Adware/AgentCV.A.27873

7.11.164.82

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DV [PUP]

2014.9-140729

AVG

Adware AdPlugin

2015.0.3398

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.L

1.0.20.1050

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Ibryte-368

0.98/19086

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE

19006

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28296

9.0.1.0210

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.IBryte.U

8.14.07.29.09

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AM application

8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

W32/Zbot.AAN!tr

9/10/2014

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Adware.IBryte.X

11.2014-29-07_3

G Data

Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of setup.exe (Adware)

2014.9.10.4

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.PremiumInstaller

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.180.12498

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte

14.0.0.3486

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.07.29.09

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!B722AC63A55B

5600.7054

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.L

15.0.0.630

NANO AntiVirus

Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dceagw

0.28.2.61148

Norman

IBryte.PDB

11.20140910

nProtect

Adware.IBryte.U

14.07.03.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.07.29.09

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.INSTALLTHIS.N

14.7.29.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.Agent!6.17CF

23.00.65.14727

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Downloader/Variant

10453

Vba32 AntiVirus

Downloader.Agent

3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

31208

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.923

2.0.0.1835

File size:

229.3 KB (234,784 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:

INSTALL THIS

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/4/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

9/21/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

CN=INSTALL THIS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL THIS, 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:

022C6886F5C72FEED25746F4AC3BA8CE

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

7/17/2014 10:00:12 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:hwhBcSCfrdNLluyo3WjEgGpO9M7b7FW3FoUOYJKJi0YhH0WIv6S5/WpmQWb:6uSZyomHGc9MfVNY7S6YWpmr

Entry address:

0x11151

Entry point:

E8, 96, 36, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 78, A2, 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, 5C, A0, 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:

6.3612

Code size:

161.5 KB (165,376 bytes)

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

http://yourinstaller.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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