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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 DOT EXE has been detected as adware by 43 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.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by INSTALL DOT EXE)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
268494240b2ba6785178554b745dcbcb

SHA-1:
b57153218ebabad2662fdb2b9992dcc7be4b84fc

SHA-256:
454c005e5dc77e77234bd65c2cb2bc3b435dc4e81dec7acbc8e994415b580d35

Scanner detections:
43 / 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:
4/20/2024 2:31:23 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
920

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.07.16

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.160.234

avast!
Malware-gen
2014.9-140730

AVG
Adware Skodna.Generic
2015.0.3398

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
1.0.20.1055

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-7113
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.PremInstall.A
18864

Dr.Web
Adware.Downware.2165
9.0.1.0211

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.Q application
8.7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
Riskware/IBryte
7/30/2014

F-Prot
W32/Backdoor2.HTKO
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-30-07_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of update (34).exe (Adware)
2014.9.10.5

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Buzus
t3scan.2.2.29

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12733

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3484

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.07.30.03

McAfee
Artemis!5032EA165D47
5600.7054

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1
15.0.0.633

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Downware.ctroza
0.28.2.60881

nProtect
Trojan/W32.Buzus.1708840
14.05.12.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.30.03

Qihoo 360 Security
HEUR/Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLDOTEXE.N
14.8.8.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.14BE
23.00.65.14728

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.97

SUPERAntiSpyware
Trojan.Agent/Gen-Nullo[Short]
10453

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.SRDMYD
37.0.10845

Trend Micro House Call
TROJ_GEN.F47V0127
7.2.211

Trend Micro
TROJ_BUZUS_DD300467.UVPA
10.465.30

Vba32 AntiVirus
SScope.Malware-Cryptor.iBryte
3.12.24.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.37929
2.0.0.1859

File size:
530.3 KB (543,016 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Premium Installer

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 DOT EXE

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL DOT EXE, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL DOT EXE, 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:
4C8303B332693FCF64E1E7DFD7841493

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/14/2014 12:30:12 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
12288:EtohBldpQEQyy8W/kcZsRjjcMb+RjuEzpiE:E2vl88W/UXb+RjuxE

Entry address:
0x35E39

Entry point:
E8, BB, 8D, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 6A, 0C, 68, 60, 5D, 47, 00, E8, 41, 36, 00, 00, 83, 65, E4, 00, 8B, 75, 08, 3B, 35, 1C, 03, 48, 00, 77, 22, 6A, 04, E8, BE, 8F, 00, 00, 59, 83, 65, FC, 00, 56, E8, 20, 9D, 00, 00, 59, 89, 45, E4, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, E8, 09, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 45, E4, E8, 4D, 36, 00, 00, C3, 6A, 04, E8, A1, 8E, 00, 00, 59, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, 3D, 74, EF, 47, 00, 00, 75, 18, E8, F2, 82, 00, 00, 6A, 1E, E8, 1A, 81, 00, 00, 68, FF, 00, 00, 00, E8, E3, 4D, 00, 00, 59, 59, A1...
 
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Entropy:
6.4338

Code size:
393 KB (402,432 bytes)

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