player-chrome.exe

Click Accept

This adware bundler is distributed through Adknowledge's advertising supported software managers. The application player-chrome.exe, “Premium Installer ” by Click Accept 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. 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 Click Accept)

Product:
Premium Installer

Description:
Premium Installer

Version:
2.4.8.1

MD5:
fbd89526737bf2da92d298fb21892e51

SHA-1:
f5a3847ae1b1702ecc5a444b8b96fd1ae6369076

SHA-256:
2f6c8e4c105d54f78be3520d3a359aba6b58b3f40c99cd040c1d391422a13ffc

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:
5/14/2024 4:30:25 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Lavasoft Ad-Aware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
6584648

Agnitum Outpost
PUA.Agent
7.1.1

AhnLab V3 Security
2014.09.22

Avira AntiVirus
ADWARE/iBryte.Gen7
7.11.173.16

avast!
Win32:Adware-gen [Adw]
150129-1

AVG
Adware AdPlugin.AGQ
2014.0.4257

Bitdefender
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
1.0.20.295

Bkav FE
W32.HfsAdware
1.3.0.6379

Clam AntiVirus
Win.Adware.Ibryte-5235
0.98/20126

Comodo Security
Application.Win32.AgentCV.HWYE
19546

Dr.Web
Trojan.DownLoader11.31929
9.0.1.05190

Emsisoft Anti-Malware
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
9.0.0.4799

ESET NOD32
Win32/AdWare.iBryte.BJ application
7.0.302.0

Fortinet FortiGate
W32/Buzus.VCEW!tr
2/28/2015

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

F-Secure
Riskware.Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler
5.13.68

G Data
Win32.Adware.IBryte
15.2.24

IKARUS anti.virus
AdWare.AdPlugin
t3scan.1.7.8.0

K7 AntiVirus
Unwanted-Program
13.183.13345

Kaspersky
not-a-virus:AdWare.Win32.iBryte
15.0.0.543

Malwarebytes
PUP.Optional.OptimunInstaller
v2015.02.28.11

McAfee
Program.IBryte-FSU
16.8.708.2

MicroWorld eScan
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
16.0.0.177

NANO AntiVirus
Trojan.Win32.DownLoader11.devqwb
0.28.2.62151

Norman
Gen:Variant.Application.Bundler.25
02.01.2015 13:58:24

nProtect
Trojan-Clicker/W32.iBryte.82296
14.10.31.01

Quick Heal
TrojanDownloader.Badur.A5
2.15.14.00

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Installer.Adknowledge
15.2.28.11

Sophos
PUA 'iBryte Optimum Installer'
5.11

Total Defense
Win32/Tnega.ABXUYLB
37.0.11226

Vba32 AntiVirus
3.12.26.3

VIPRE Antivirus
Threat.4798837
32938

Zillya! Antivirus
Adware.iBryte.Win32.1811
2.0.0.1926

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:

Authority:
COMODO CA Limited

Valid from:
3/23/2014 8:00:00 PM

Valid to:
3/24/2015 7:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Click Accept, O=Click Accept, STREET="4600 Madison Ave, 10th FL", 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:
00A859045D8B63E183E2D539A00354DC59

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
9/11/2014 1:15:20 PM

OS version:
5.0

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
9.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
1536:z/yXZNrjFQ4aoFJL0oqm8A6fnOVfPkMKee/ipWVUe5XXJ1qDrIPSkTCmXqqeR0xE:OXZNrjFdJL0VnOVUMXrIakTCmzrq

Entry address:
0x8A61

Entry point:
E8, 55, 05, 00, 00, E9, 36, FD, FF, FF, CC, FF, 25, 94, B1, 40, 00, FF, 25, 90, B1, 40, 00, 68, D1, 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:
6.0729

Code size:
36.5 KB (37,376 bytes)

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