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System Applet

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “System Applet ” by System Applet has been detected as adware by 26 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. 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:
System Applet   (signed by System Applet)

Product:
System Applet

Description:
System Applet

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
564646f623eccf77ce206ca83a6b8424

SHA-1:
ba4df2c916edde2260b245d5b94b5870976c051c

SHA-256:
0f5361093b087f2b58cb4aff6922fa0c31985dfd131a18867830bf06abc826f6

Scanner detections:
26 / 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:
5/5/2024 11:05:43 PM UTC  (a few moments ago)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.44025
934

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.iBryte
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller
2014.07.13

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/Adware.Gen7
7.11.159.66

avast!
Win32:IBryte-DS [PUP]
140617-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.VC
2014.0.3986

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.44025
1.0.20.980

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-824
0.98/19185

Comodo Security
TrojWare.Win32.IBryte.AE
18809

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.28193
9.0.1.0196

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.44025
8.14.07.15.06

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AN application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

G Data
Win32.Adware.IBryte
14.7.24

IKARUS anti.virus
Win32.SuspectCrc
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.180.12657

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.07.15.06

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Adware.Symmi.44025
15.0.0.588

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dbjabf
0.28.0.60698

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.07.15.06

Reason Heuristics
PUP.SystemApplet.N
14.7.15.18

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Agent!6.175E
23.00.65.14713

Sophos
iBryte Optimum Installer
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
31088

Zillya! Antivirus
Backdoor.PePatch.Win32.38062
2.0.0.1851

File size:
205.4 KB (210,296 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 System Applet

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:
System Applet

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=System Applet, O=System Applet, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", L=Kansas City, S=Missouri, PostalCode=64112, C=US

Issuer:
CN=COMODO Code Signing CA 2, O=COMODO CA Limited, L=Salford, S=Greater Manchester, C=GB

Serial number:
18FCD6B5EEB5AEC66D0222B5CA1850D9

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/13/2014 5:00:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:cVvjTAyj7llvqVA0LQDaChbnOfLwJi9I4ta5VZNp75n0pfY:cVvnBlUVSDOzvtyVZNpB0pfY

Entry address:
0xACC8

Entry point:
E8, 0F, 38, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, CC, 8B, 4C, 24, 04, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 74, 24, 8A, 01, 83, C1, 01, 84, C0, 74, 4E, F7, C1, 03, 00, 00, 00, 75, EF, 05, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8D, A4, 24, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 01, BA, FF, FE, FE, 7E, 03, D0, 83, F0, FF, 33, C2, 83, C1, 04, A9, 00, 01, 01, 81, 74, E8, 8B, 41, FC, 84, C0, 74, 32, 84, E4, 74, 24, A9, 00, 00, FF, 00, 74, 13, A9, 00, 00, 00, FF, 74, 02, EB, CD, 8D, 41, FF, 8B, 4C...
 
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Entropy:
6.4119

Code size:
137.5 KB (140,800 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

https://install.oinstaller5.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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

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