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player-chrome.exe

FUSION INSTALLER

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by FUSION INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 33 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 FUSION INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

d87e96f4a29b88a2fa6a63dbfe8eb49d

SHA-1:

b1fb2f8a9c1205439fcb4e8ed6b7b319a797340e

SHA-256:

da5887c2f7831f41f9aad6fe623b7061110842e902c720eed902e8df53516769

Scanner detections:

33 / 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:

4/25/2024 5:35:22 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

889

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.IBryte

14.08.29

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/OptInstal.opwb

7.11.152.50

avast!

Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]

140813-1

AVG

Adware AdPlugin.OE

2014.0.4015

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1205

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Ibryte-15

0.98/19315

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18308

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26807

9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Adware.IBryte.Q

9.0.0.4324

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AE application

7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-c255719d

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-29-08_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.8.24

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.InstallBundler

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.178.12257

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte

15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.08.29.07

McAfee

Generic-FAIN!9C941A3E0AA7

5600.7023

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.723

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk

0.28.0.59921

nProtect

Adware.IBryte.Q

14.08.29.01

Panda Antivirus

PUP/iBryte

14.08.29.07

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

8.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALLER.N

14.8.29.19

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B

23.00.65.14827

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant

10391

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

29418

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.942

2.0.0.1860

File size:

224.3 KB (229,672 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:

FUSION INSTALLER

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 5:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 4:59:59 PM

Subject:

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

21DB9738D9B500E3DAF0570B5DA9E8B9

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/6/2014 2:00:24 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:d5UcrMqpIAaqvcHZ70P66qFIl3tJ+JiZ0eP+XrSz59cpA9:ASpIkoRo669yuncpA9

Entry address:

0x101E7

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, 92, 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, 90, 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... 
[+]

Entropy:

6.3627

Code size:

157.5 KB (161,280 bytes)

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