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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 33 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Adknowledge Fusion installer. 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.
Publisher:
Premium Installer   (signed by File Monarch)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
d7c5fa82a00bf2f52759c8bff09833cb

SHA-1:
d60e7ec35477257423b708e3986e9b295b4928dd

SHA-256:
e0dd44c3b869a72c69d811979b237c84f01858506890b6f489a6ce84298046cf

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 'download manager' is also considered bundleware, a utility designed to download software (possibly legitimate or opensource) and bundle it with a number of optional offers including ad-supported utilities, toolbars, shopping comparison tools and browser extensions.

Analysis date:
5/30/2024 1:28:14 PM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
865

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.10.07

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxop
7.11.176.250

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
2014.9-140922

AVG
Adware AdPlugin
2015.0.3343

Baidu Antivirus
Adware.Win32.iBryte
4.0.3.14922

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
1.0.20.1325

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19725

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31929
9.0.1.0265

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
8.14.09.22.07

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BF application
8.7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-e3403a0b
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor
11.2014-22-09_2

G Data
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)
variant of ikke bekræftet 371569.crdownload (Adware)
2014.12.5.0

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.Bundler
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13597

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
14.0.0.3211

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2014.09.22.07

McAfee
Trojan.Artemis!0D59CA479E98
5600.6999

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Graftor.152464
15.0.0.795

NANO AntiVirus
Riskware.Win32.IBryte.despfy
0.28.2.62483

Norman
IBryte.PDB
11.20140922

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.141176.D
14.10.06.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.09.22.07

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
14.9.22.19

Sophos
iBryte Premium Installer
4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus
AdWare.iBryte
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
33706

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1800
2.0.0.1945

File size:
137.9 KB (141,176 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:
9/10/2014 9:15:19 AM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:Uqy6ZdLTZFJJ1573MK8TqjthOVnPkMKee/ipWVUe5XXJ1qDrIPSkTCmXqqeIdl0t:c6ZdLTZn5735jOV8MXrIakTCmHqt

Entry address:
0x8A71

Entry point:
E8, 52, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 94, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, 90, B1, 40, 00, 68, E1, 8A, 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, FF, 75...
 
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Entropy:
6.0741

Code size:
36.5 KB (37,376 bytes)

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