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player-chrome.exe

INSTALL THIS

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 37 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 INSTALL THIS)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

6e6fac94c0c6ee418b4ac2b69a2a3728

SHA-1:

a6c7a598b4d7edd0f21e2ed4579f6ff629dc23b5

SHA-256:

ef034365e487d5f78d567538a2233378b09c2c2235452260ce93216357a18dbe

Scanner detections:

37 / 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:

4/18/2024 3:47:10 PM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

6460321

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.IBryte

15.01.28

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.147.26

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DO [PUP]

150126-0

AVG

Adware AdPlugin.TY

2014.0.4257

Baidu Antivirus

Adware.Win32.iBryte

4.0.3.15128

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

1.0.20.140

Bkav FE

W32.VikesluLTAH.Adware

1.3.0.4959

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Adware.Ibryte-773

0.98/19988

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18251

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.28134

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AN application

7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate

W32/Wonton.J!tr

1/28/2015

F-Prot

W32/A-c255719d

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

5.13.68

G Data

Win32.Adware.Ibryte

15.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.iBryte

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.177.12013

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte

14.0.0.2573

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2015.01.28.11

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C

5600.6872

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

16.0.0.84

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz

0.28.0.59608

Norman

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

03.12.2014 13:20:04

nProtect

Adware.IBryte.Y

14.08.19.01

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

15.01.28.11

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

1.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.Adknowledge

15.1.28.11

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B

23.00.65.15126

Sophos

PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'

5.09

SUPERAntiSpyware

Adware.Downloader/Variant

10088

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4778314

29418

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.854

2.0.0.1790

File size:

219.3 KB (224,544 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:

10/3/2013 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 6:59:59 PM

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:

7/5/2014 4:00:20 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:g7ogxhFbWvFNFH/jh5xTVYj9gsWim1Xm2qYJi8LTE7v2+RXkpkfWV6:zgxhFMN1/jhXVcZW9Nq9kpkb

Entry address:

0xED47

Entry point:

E8, 40, 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, 48, 72, 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, 30, 70, 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:

6.3559

Code size:

152 KB (155,648 bytes)

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