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This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Fusion Install ” by INSTALL THIS 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.
Publisher:
Fusion Install   (signed by INSTALL THIS)

Product:
Fusion Install

Description:
Fusion Install

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
8806d08d224c9b4b46b8ca5f090d38b3

SHA-1:
f4f7c1e008a8c37a7a404d0cb2c719cb397edf2b

SHA-256:
0f5aad9ad9393d17ad766d7e7d964fc7c66e6c4e4277a55a11bcb0b3f42eeeb9

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:
4/19/2024 11:09:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Adware.IBryte.Y
856

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.iBryte
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
PUP/Win32.IBryte
2014.07.26

Avira AntiVirus
Adware/iBryte.bxlo
7.11.163.82

avast!
Win32:Rootkit-gen [Rtk]
140929-0

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.XW
2014.0.4025

Bitdefender
Adware.IBryte.Y
1.0.20.1375

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-1893
0.98/19466

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.YYWR
18950

Dr.Web
Adware.iBryte.473
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.OptimumInstaller
14.10.02

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.AQ application
7.0.302.0

F-Prot
W32/A-33d183c0
v6.4.7.1.166

F-Secure
Adware.IBryte.Y
11.2014-02-10_5

G Data
Win32.Adware.IBryte
14.10.24

IKARUS anti.virus
not-a-virus:Downloader.Agent
t3scan.1.6.1.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.181.12795

Kaspersky
HEUR:Trojan.Win32.Generic
14.0.0.3163

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimumInstaller.A
v2014.10.02.08

MicroWorld eScan
Adware.IBryte.Y
15.0.0.825

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.OpenInst.dccylu
0.28.2.60990

nProtect
Adware.IBryte.Y
14.08.06.01

Panda Antivirus
Trj/Genetic.gen
14.10.02.08

Quick Heal
Adware.iBryte.DK4
10.14.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.INSTALLTHIS.N
14.10.2.8

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.Agent!6.17CF
23.00.65.14930

Sophos
PUA.iBryte Optimum Installer
55

SUPERAntiSpyware
PUP.OptimumInstaller/Variant
10324

Vba32 AntiVirus
Downloader.Agent
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4778314
31208

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1373
2.0.0.1899

File size:
307.3 KB (314,656 bytes)

Product version:
2.4.8.1

Copyright:
Copyright (C) 2013 Fusion Install

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:
INSTALL THIS

Authority:
VeriSign, Inc.

Valid from:
10/3/2013 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
9/20/2014 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=INSTALL THIS, OU=Digital ID Class 3 - Microsoft Software Validation v2, O=INSTALL THIS, 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:
022C6886F5C72FEED25746F4AC3BA8CE

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
7/28/2014 5:00:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
6144:+LZaleu+bpn+prjSlkCi7ESyPLB7zQop/N:+kypzlkx7ZAB7zhp/N

Entry address:
0x16315

Entry point:
E8, 22, 8E, 00, 00, E9, 78, FE, FF, FF, 8B, FF, 55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 20, 8B, 45, 08, 56, 57, 6A, 08, 59, BE, 24, B4, 43, 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, 84, B0, 43, 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:
230 KB (235,520 bytes)

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