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 33 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 FUSION INSTALLER)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
0866b033a7c2c25904ed58c0d5f1973f

SHA-1:
e48ea31dc6d0373e5db5041905eabd2fb023dbbb

SHA-256:
352c924f9b2de5bdf83313a58d8b100b729153a7fb86148a55c9db1951a67c56

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 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:
4/19/2024 6:03:38 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
14.08.22

Avira AntiVirus
APPL/OptInstal.opwb
7.11.152.50

avast!
Win32:PUP-gen [PUP]
2014.9-140822

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.MU
2014.0.3986

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Agent-6965
0.98/19300

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP
18308

Dr.Web
Trojan.Packed.26885
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
8.14.08.22.10

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AG application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-c255719d
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
11.2014-22-08_6

IKARUS anti.virus
PUA.InstallBundler
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.178.12257

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.494

Malwarebytes
v2014.08.22.10

McAfee
Generic-FAIN!9C941A3E0AA7
5600.7030

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.Zusy.cyhpmk
0.28.0.59921

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.228136.B
14.07.14.01

Panda Antivirus
14.08.22.10

Qihoo 360 Security
Malware.QVM10.Gen
1.0.0.1015

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
8.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.FUSIONINSTALLER.N
14.8.26.3

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.iBryte!6.197B
23.00.65.14820

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10405

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4150696
29418

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.942
2.0.0.1860

File size:
233.3 KB (238,888 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 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
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:
5/23/2014 3:04:01 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
3072:Zj7tQ9K8aSyjH45igjbdhNB1ssBlqFk6JiZWOlwtw5J5plD:Fyo8aSyjYcgjp1Pwk+to5plD

Entry address:
0x12351

Entry point:
E8, 36, 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, 6C, B2, 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, 60, B0, 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:
6.3585

Code size:
166 KB (169,984 bytes)

The file player-chrome.exe has been seen being distributed by the following 2 URLs.

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