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player-chrome.exe

FUSION INSTALLER

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by FUSION INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 31 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 FUSION INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

05ddaf17b5a530b01edfcf40922ff883

SHA-1:

cef466deb9400d642acbd9b5ba3fd1df64a81bb8

SHA-256:

8c81b1d1bd5124a8ece81cfdc9f4c7e621a8172b93fbd4ce16fd4899ffe1632c

Scanner detections:

31 / 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:

4/18/2024 6:03:40 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

372

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.IBryte

16.01.29

Avira AntiVirus

APPL/OptInstal.opwb

7.11.152.50

avast!

Win32:IBryte-DB [PUP]

2014.9-160129

AVG

Adware AdPlugin

2017.0.2850

Bitdefender

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

1.0.20.145

Clam AntiVirus

Win.Trojan.Ibryte-12

0.98/19168

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18308

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26807

9.0.1.029

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Graftor.145314

8.16.01.29.05

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AF application

10.7.0.302.0

F-Prot

W32/A-c255719d

v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler

11.2016-29-01_6

G Data

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

16.1.24

IKARUS anti.virus

PUA.InstallBundler

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.178.12257

Kaspersky

not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte

14.0.0.744

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2016.01.29.05

McAfee

Generic-FAIN!9C941A3E0AA7

5600.6506

MicroWorld eScan

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller.1

17.0.0.87

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk

0.28.0.59921

Panda Antivirus

PUP/iBryte

16.01.29.05

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Adknowledge.FUSIONINSTALLER.Installer (M)

16.1.29.5

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B

23.00.65.16127

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

SUPERAntiSpyware

PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant

9357

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4150696

29418

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.942

2.0.0.1860

File size:

221.3 KB (226,600 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:

FUSION INSTALLER

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/4/2013 1:00:00 AM

Valid to:

9/21/2014 12:59:59 AM

Subject:

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

21DB9738D9B500E3DAF0570B5DA9E8B9

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

6/8/2014 2:00:17 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:/5usk1gldyA2H0c/r9GSE7t+S9r7MdHJihON1PAB+QzCG5NBptE:Zl6A2UsZGSKMS1BuOBptE

Entry address:

0xF637

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:

6.3660

Code size:

154.5 KB (158,208 bytes)

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

http://install4500.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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