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player-chrome.exe

WARP INSTALLER

The software uses a vraiant of the Adknowledge Optimum Installer to bundle additional offers in the setup routine including adware toolbars and extensions. This installer itself is just a download manager designed to present such offers (with minimal notice). The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP 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 WARP INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

bdaf83f75493585cfbd0b2a1a96602ff

SHA-1:

bc5f4f8ac1f9bd281268fc2a48e09712a9d12385

SHA-256:

8f91fa530697d7bdbcdde5fb8666d7e3cb7d8209197a5259161c6c745e222d71

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:

4/16/2024 5:42:51 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

870

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

2014.06.02

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.147.26

avast!

Win32:IBryte-CY [PUP]

2014.9-140917

AVG

Adware AdPlugin

2015.0.3348

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1300

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Agent-725637

0.98/21411

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.IBryte.X

18402

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26508

9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.09.17

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AC application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-17-09_4

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of player-chrome (16).exe (Adware)

2014.11.22.16

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.AdPlugin

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.178.12257

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Badur

14.0.0.3235

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.17.09

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!946CEDF26B27

5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.780

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Buzus.cywlqp

0.28.0.59921

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.17.09

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.N

14.9.17.21

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B

23.00.65.14915

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant

10353

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

29800

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.854

2.0.0.1790

File size:

215.3 KB (220,456 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:

WARP INSTALLER

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

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

2073183E3CAF3D7A109497C973C378FF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/16/2014 5:00:21 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:8jGpNd3GqrZYMApklqd4yUaTz89JizW1/BIU15NFpM1:OaNMqrZzEkuzHgFpM1

Entry address:

0xE867

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, 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, 38, 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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Code size:

151 KB (154,624 bytes)

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