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File Monarch

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by File Monarch has been detected as adware by 57 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 File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
747193202e4408ab49d8077bfcb2fc2a

SHA-1:
c3281f6ea349d9f02d6c2f0c692cb524f306a76e

SHA-256:
5c341eace9cf18b0c641a2123af7cb0c862f17929b7cb91edf013431a02f554d

Scanner detections:
57 / 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 4:44:35 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
870

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Downloader
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.Bundler
2014.08.31

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.171.66

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140917

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3348

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.14917

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
1.0.20.1300

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Application-458
0.98/21411

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19425

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.30895
9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
8.14.09.17.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BF (variant)
8.10369

Fortinet FortiGate
Adware/IBryte
11/22/2014

F-Prot
W32/A-34fffba4
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-17-09_4

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of javaupdate_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.22.11

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.5.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13272

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3236

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.17.07

McAfee
Artemis!A882C139D4C4
5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
15.0.0.780

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dehywl
0.28.2.61861

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140917

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.126328
14.09.03.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.17.07

Qihoo 360 Security
Win32/Virus.Adware.cf5
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
9.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.N
14.9.17.19

Sophos
Generic PUA HP
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Optimum Installer
32816

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1590
2.0.0.1911

File size:
141.4 KB (144,760 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 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:
File Monarch

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/17/2014 7:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 6:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=File Monarch, O=File Monarch, STREET="4600 Madison Ave., FL 10", 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:
00E65C750985B066CBB7B485ACF86E58B1

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/5/2014 4:15:34 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:NChhRRdJxCFCYEpfbV/s9O1mMXrIakTCmA/u2:NEpfx/s9O1T/9

Entry address:
0x93A7

Entry point:
E8, 4C, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, B8, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, 44, B1, 40, 00, CC, CC, 68, 19, 94, 40, 00, 64, FF, 35, 00, 00, 00, 00, 8B, 44, 24, 10, 89, 6C, 24, 10, 8D, 6C, 24, 10, 2B, E0, 53, 56, 57, A1, 1C, F0, 40, 00, 31, 45, FC, 33, C5, 50, 89, 65, E8, FF, 75, F8, 8B, 45, FC, C7, 45, FC, FE, FF, FF, FF, 89, 45, F8, 8D, 45, F0, 64, A3, 00, 00, 00, 00, C3, 8B, 4D, F0, 64, 89, 0D, 00, 00, 00, 00, 59, 5F, 5F, 5E, 5B, 8B, E5, 5D, 51, C3, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, FF, 75, 14, FF, 75, 10, FF, 75, 0C...
 
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Entropy:
6.0719

Code size:
39 KB (39,936 bytes)

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