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player-chrome.exe

WARP INSTALLER

The software uses a vraiant of the Adknowledge Optimum Installer to bundle additional offers in the setup routine including adware toolbars and extensions. This installer itself is just a download manager designed to present such offers (with minimal notice). The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by WARP INSTALLER has been detected as adware by 29 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. 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.

File name:

player-chrome.exe

Publisher:

Premium Installer (signed by WARP INSTALLER)

Product:

Premium Installer

Description:

Premium Installer

Version:

2.4.8.1

MD5:

cd74f091409cc9d79272e9ff31622867

SHA-1:

f4988af02518b7a8f7722185e95c5d6b696df121

SHA-256:

ac6c05a9efa1e64006f6b503d9bf6c25fe998146325c1b3ba518aaf3e4e237a3

Scanner detections:

29 / 68

Status:

Adware

Explanation:

This installer bundles various adware prorgams that may include toolbars and web browser advertising injectors/extensions.

Description:

This is an installer which may bundle legitimate applications with offers for additional 3rd-party applications that may be unwanted by the user. While the installer contains an 'opt-out' feature this is not set be defult and is usually overlooked.

Analysis date:

4/19/2024 1:21:49 AM UTC (today)

Scan engine

Detection

Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

870

Agnitum Outpost

PUA.Agent

7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security

PUP/Win32.OptimumInstaller

2014.05.22

Avira AntiVirus

ADWARE/Adware.Gen7

7.11.147.26

avast!

Win32:IBryte-CX [PUP]

2014.9-140917

AVG

AdPlugin

2015.0.3348

Bitdefender

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

1.0.20.1300

Comodo Security

Application.Win32.iBryte.WRP

18286

Dr.Web

Trojan.Packed.26508

9.0.1.0260

Emsisoft Anti-Malware

Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller

14.09.17

ESET NOD32

Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AD application

8.7.0.302.0

F-Secure

Application.Bundler.Agent

11.2014-17-09_4

G Data

Win32.Adware.Ibryte

14.9.24

herdProtect (fuzzy)

variant of update.exe (Adware)

2014.11.22.16

IKARUS anti.virus

AdWare.iBryte

t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus

Unwanted-Program

13.177.12013

Kaspersky

Trojan.Win32.Badur

14.0.0.3235

Malwarebytes

PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A

v2014.09.17.09

McAfee

GenericATG-FGI!02EC0BDF7C3C

5600.7004

MicroWorld eScan

Application.Bundler.Agent.B

15.0.0.780

NANO AntiVirus

Trojan.Win32.Agent.cxjjsz

0.28.0.59608

Panda Antivirus

Trj/Genetic.gen

14.09.17.09

Qihoo 360 Security

Malware.QVM10.Gen

1.0.0.1015

Reason Heuristics

PUP.Installer.WARPINSTALLER.N

14.9.19.19

Rising Antivirus

PE:Malware.iBryte!6.192B

23.00.65.14915

Sophos

iBryte Optimum Installer

4.98

Vba32 AntiVirus

AdWare.iBryte

3.12.26.0

VIPRE Antivirus

Threat.4778314

29396

Zillya! Antivirus

Adware.iBryte.Win32.854

2.0.0.1790

File size:

218.3 KB (223,528 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:

WARP INSTALLER

Authority:

VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:

10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:

9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:

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

2073183E3CAF3D7A109497C973C378FF

File PE Metadata

Compilation timestamp:

5/18/2014 5:00:11 PM

OS version:

5.0

OS bitness:

Win32

Subsystem:

Windows GUI

Linker version:

9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):

3072:ee58TS03jqgjEd13/nYe6yBEF4ci5NNJiElm1vM15dcpP9:t5Wf3RId1flpBgI7ZcpP9

Entry address:

0xF397

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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Code size:

154 KB (157,696 bytes)

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