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player-chrome.exe

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 22 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:
21877714eae179797160b7209446c9da

SHA-1:
d42ef576576815ebad0fa05d2f32ecbdecddedc7

SHA-256:
e6bed5d28cc4ace2cdc0f0d6c097781dfbf2da024ecf1445c95d7013a2be2693

Scanner detections:
22 / 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:
5/20/2024 10:13:19 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
874

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.171.10

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140913

AVG
Generic
2015.0.3352

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
1.0.20.1280

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19432

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31342
9.0.1.0256

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
8.14.09.13.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BF (variant)
8.10374

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

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-13-09_7

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

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of fl_setup.exe (Adware)
2014.11.10.9

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13286

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3255

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.13.10

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.15
15.0.0.768

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.dehywl
0.28.2.61861

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FileMonarch.S
14.9.13.22

Sophos
iBryte Premium Installer
4.98

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
32210

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1724
2.0.0.1921

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 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/18/2015 7:59:59 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:
9/7/2014 11:15:19 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:bclbFZEZMA9yMfTQbfROVmMXrIakTCmb/d:lyMfkVOVIl

Entry address:
0x93F7

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, 69, 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:
6.0800

Code size:
39 KB (39,936 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 3 URLs.

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

http://secure.20-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

http://myquickfiles.com/track/install?adprovider=marmarfc&source=mobit_newlink&_al=1&_cb=1&cpixel=http://PartnerPixel-702897885.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com/Installer/Conversion?adProvider={adprovider}&source={source}&context=ZydXVpZD03NTlhYTVkMS05ZjI3LTQ5NGItOTJiOS1lOGMxZTQwZmYyMGI&dlink=http://secure.20-pn-installer.com/o/.../Player-Chrome.exe

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