» player-chrome.exe
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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 32 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. The installer is marketed through download protals and search ads as Google's Chrome web browser but will also install additional software offers which include adware, PUPs and browser toolbars.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

9f9692eb61d3d6b5741c85fc75bb5744

SHA-1:

bea09572302935d0141af57b74357f1bd30ec3c2

SHA-256:

9811290147551e0a78032857e6a95d57c9b4c3b327e1e77d6d2253e1ebee072c

Scanner detections:

32 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

5/2/2024 10:27:55 PM 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.OptimumInstaller

2014.05.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.147.26

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DB [PUP]

2014.9-140730

AVG

AdPlugin

2015.0.3398

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.1055

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Agent-743124

0.98/19246

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18286

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26508

9.0.1.0211

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AD application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/DomaIQ.G2.gen

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2014-30-07_4

G Data

Win32.Adware.Ibryte

14.7.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of update.exe (Adware)

2014.9.10.6

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.iBryte

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.177.12013

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Badur

14.0.0.3484

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.07.30.05

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C

5600.7054

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

15.0.0.633

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz

0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.07.30.05

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal

Adware.iBryte.DK4

7.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.N

14.7.30.5

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B

23.00.65.14728

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant

10452

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:

220.3 KB (225,576 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:

10/4/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

9/21/2014 12:59:59 AM

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:

5/17/2014 6:00:27 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:WRmLeU/bRRZILFOY7/ZWx14eiZw2Ji6GFvrp4Yne5dmpV6:KmiUTRSOERWD3whmpV6

Entry address:

0xFD27

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, 82, 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, 80, 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:

6.3781

Code size:

156 KB (159,744 bytes)

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